AbsurdJS

Overview

Javascript based preprocessor. No new language, no new syntax. Write everything in plain JavaScript.

Installation

Server-side

npm install -g absurd

Client-side

<script src="absurd.min.js"></script>

About

AbsurdJS was started as CSS preprocessor, but later it was expanded to a HTML preprocessor. So, at the moment you could transform:

JavaScript, JSON, YAML, CSS to CSS
JavaScript, JSON, YAML to HTML

Usage

	var api = Absurd();
	api.add({
		body: {
			marginTop: "20px",
			p: {
				color: "#000"
			}
		}
	});
	api.compile(function(err, css) {
		// use the compiled css
	});

Official site, documentation and online compilator

http://absurdjs.com/

Contribution and feedback

Issues
IRC channel at freenode.net: #absurdjs

Extended

Middleware

Grunt-Absurd Compile Absurd with the Grunt Javascript Task Runner
Gulp-Absurd Compile Absurd with the Gulp Streaming Build System
Broccoli-Absurd-Filter Compile 1 to 1 Absurd with the Broccoli Asset Pipeline

Seeds

Absurd-Express-Seed An absurd express seed made from the seed generated by express-generator

Generators

None avaliable yet

Mixins

AbsurdHat A proof of concept wrapper for the LessHat set of Mixins

Frameworks

DadaJS Go even more absurd with Array Zero Selectors, an inbuilt vocabulary and a grid system utilising PocketGrid

CMSs

Techy Super-Simple Flat CMS utilising Markdown as the geeky way of writing articles

Misc

AbsurdJS support for JS Transformers - jstransformer-absurd by Charlike Mike Reagent

Tihauan/absurd