Tangible Builder

Develop, build, beautify, schema, docs, test, serve

Requirement

Node.js must be installed, with its package manager, npm.

Install

Add to package.json

{
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "tgb dev",
    "build": "tgb build"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@tangible/builder": "*"
  }
}

Install

npm install

From the project root folder, the builder is available on the command line as npx tgb. Run it to show command descriptions.

Config

Place a file called tangible.config.js in app root folder.

Example

module.exports = {
  build: [
    {
      task: 'js',
      src: 'src/index.js',
      dest: 'build/app.min.js',
      watch: 'src/**/*.js'
    },
    {
      task: 'sass',
      src: 'src/index.scss',
      dest: 'build/app.min.css',
      watch: 'src/**/*.scss'
    },
  ]
}

Build Tasks

The property build is an array of build tasks. Each task has the following schema.

Property	Description
task	js, sass, or html
src	Source entry file (can use wildcards for html)
dest	Destination file (must be folder for html)
watch	Path of files to watch, in glob syntax
map	Boolean - Set true to output source map

React

When building for React in the WordPress admin, add the following property to the js task.

react: 'wp.element'

When using Preact for a compact frontend library, use the alias property.

alias: {
  'react': 'preact/compat',
  'react-dom': 'preact/compat',
}

TypeScript

For building TypeScript, change the watch property of the js task to add file extensions.

watch: 'src/**/*.{js,ts,tsx}'

Server

When using html, you can enable a static file server.

module.exports = {
  build: [
    // ...
  ],
  serve: {
    dir: 'build',
    port: 3000,
    reload: true
  }
}

Property	Description
dir	Folder to serve from, usually build
port	Port for the server
reload	Enable live-reload on file changes (optional)

The server will run during dev or serve commands.

Use

Make sure to build for production before a new Git commit

Develop

Build during development - watch files and rebuild

npm run dev

After running this command, it will wait and rebuild script and style as you edit the files.

Reload browser to see your changes.

When you're done, press CTRL+C to exit the process.

Build

Build for production - minify script and style

npm run build

Make sure to build for production before publishing.

Lint and Beautify

The lint command ensures code standards, with warnings of any syntax/formatting issues.

npm run lint

The beautify command is similar to lint, but automatically fixes any issues with code standards.

npm run beautify

Commit any changes before running this command, because it can make changes to the code.

Exclude files

With some files, the beautify command has difficulty fixing them.

In that case, pass an option in the script in package.json to exclude the file.

For example, if the builder was installed as Composer module:

  "beautify": "./vendor/tangible/builder/run beautify --ignore=\"includes/file-name\\.php\""

If installed as NPM module:

  "beautify": "tgb beautify --ignore=\"includes/file-name\\.php\""

Note how double quotes and period must be escaped.