Sardines

What is it?

Stress-free combining of your javascript files. Start it with your target project, daemonize it, and forget about it. Forever....

Why?

Because current javascript build scripts are a pain to manage, and this one was built to use, and forget.

Requirements

• Node.js
• Linux / Mac
• NPM
• beet - upstart script which daemonizes yor stuff

Keep in Mind

This was a Sunday project, so expect leaky, buggy results. I'll fix stuff as they come up.

The name sucks...

Sardines sounded pretty good because it makes you think of a bunch of fish (javascript) packed in a tiny can (single file). Cmon', I gotta stick with the food metaphor..

Sweet Stuff

• Supports NPM packages.
• Extendable (brazln)
• Supports growl notifications
• Variables are removed from the global namespace.
• Parses require(...), so your code stays compatible on the backend, as well as the front end.
• Don't care for combining JS files, but want to know the dependencies? Use the API.
• Fork the watching process, and forget about it. Need to reboot your machine? It's still watching your shit.
• Doesn't rebuild any html. Instead it looks for JS files with require(...), and includes the dependencies into that JS file.

Terminal Usage

Usage: sardines <cmd>

Arguments:

	-input <input dir>		The input directory of the project
	-output <output dir>	The output directory of the project

Optional:

	-daemonize		 	    Daemonizes the watcher
	-watch			   		Watches the project
	-name			   		Name of the running process. Required for forking

Terminal Examples

start watching a project:

sardines -input /path/to/project/src -output /path/to/project/release

start watching a project, and daemonize:

sardines -input /path/to/project/src -output /path/to/project/release -name myProjectName -daemonize

stopping the daemon:

beet stop sardine-myProjectName

To-Do:

• better documentation
• help file for CLI
• reading package.json for project
• compressing javascript files
• clean up the code + document it.