cu-build-tools

Tools to build Camelot Unchained UI libraries and modules

Introduction

This library provides multiple sets of gulp tasks which aid in building UI modules and libraries

There are currently two different sets of tasks:

• builder
• multi

All configuration will be stored in files named cu-build.config.js which will determine how that module/library will be built.

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Installation

You will need Git on your path. One way to do this is to install Github For Windows and use the "Git Shell" shortcut in your start menu.

npm install gulp -g
npm install cu-build-tools --save-dev

if you need to develop with your own fork or the mod squad fork, just update the url to point to the right repository

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Setup

To utilise the build tools, you will need to create two files in the given directory:

cu-build.config.js Minimal Configuration

/**
 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 */
 
var name = 'name-here';
 
module.exports = {
  type: 'module', // (module|library|multi)
  path: __dirname,
  name: name,
};
 

gulpfile.js Minimal Configuration

/**
 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 */
 
'use strict';
 
var gulp = require('gulp');
var buildConfig = require('./cu-build.config.js');
var buildTools = require('cu-build-tools');
 
// load build tool tasks and obtain processed build configuration
var config = buildTools.auto(gulp, buildConfig);
 
// custom gulp tasks can be defined here
 

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Module/Library - Builder

If cu-build.config.js has a type set to library or module the following tasks will be created in gulp:

default

This will do the following:

• install
• build or publish
• watch

watch

This will watch the src directory and build or publish when files change.

server

This will create a connect server, you can then access this server via at http://localhost:9000/

build

This will build everything (library and bundle) to the normal build directory (default dist)

publish

This will build everything (bundle) to the configured publish directory (default publish).

install

This will install/generate npm dependencies, tsd and VS project.

Command Line Arguments

--user-ui

This will make the publish command send files to the User UI directory at %LocalAppData%/CSE/CamelotUnchained/4/INTERFACE. You can provide a channel number which will change the destination channel. e.g. --user-ui 10 for Wyrmling.

--port ****

You can override the port used for the connect server e.g. gulp server --port 9001

--server

You can specify the server should be run as part of the default task

--no-server

You can specify the server should not be run as part of the default task

--publish

You can specify that the publish should be the default task instead of build

--no-publish

You can specify that build should be the default task instead of publish

--no-install

You can specify that the default task should not install anything.

--no-sourcemaps

You can specify that sourcemaps should not be created

--sourcemaps-inline

You can specify that sourcemaps should be inlined

--ui-nested

You can specify that ui files should not be nested

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Multi Builder

If cu-build.config.js has a type set to multi the following tasks will be created in gulp:

install

This will run install on all subdirectories containing cu-build.config.js (including node_modules)

publish

This will publish all subdirectories to the configured publish directory

clean

This will clean the publish directory

gulp %DIRECTORY%

This will run the publish task on the specified subdirectory.

As an example: gulp character will run the publish task on the character directory.

gulp %DIRECTORY%::%TASK%

This is a proxy to the normal module and component build system. It allows you to run tasks on a target directory.

As an example: gulp character::publish will run the publish task on the character directory.

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Build Configuration

Example Configuration

Example Module/Library Builder Configuration

 
var name = 'name-here';
 
module.exports = {
  type: 'module', // or library
  path: __dirname,
  name: name,
};

Example Multi Builder Configuration

module.exports = {
  type: 'multi',
  path: __dirname,
  name: 'multi',
  publish: {
    dest: 'publish',
  },
};

Injecting Scripts Into Development Server

You might want to inject a mock api to help with development.

You will want a script to inject e.g. https://github.com/Mehuge/cu-fake-api

You could install the fake api above with the following command:

npm install git+https://github.com/Mehuge/cu-fake-api --save

You would then want to add the path to the script to your cu-build.config.js:

module.exports = {
  // ...
  server: {
    inject: {
      scripts_before: [require.resolve('cu-fake-api')],
      scripts_after: []
    }
  }
  // ...
}

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Bundle Configuration Structure

set bundle to false to disable bundle building (Not Recommended)

bundle: {
  dest: 'dist', // the destination folder for bundle (will be overridden by publish.dest+publish.target during a publish
  base: '', // the base for bundling (will determine where the output is placed)
  main: true, // the tmp in path (AUTO generated when set to true)
  browserify: true, // enable/disable browserify bundle
  stylus: false, // if stylus should be copied
  stylus_base: 'style', // the base directory within src for stylus
  stylus_dest: '', // the target directory for stylus
  sass: false, // if sass should be copied
  sass_base: 'sass', // the base directory within src for sass
  sass_dest: 'css', // the target directory for sass
  copy: true, // array of file globs (or false if no copy) setting to true will auto populate the copy globs
  copy_base: '', // the base (within src) directory for files to copy.
  css_rename_main: true, // will rename the main css file to name of module/library
}

Library Configuration Structure

set lib to false to disable library building

lib: {
  dest: 'lib', // the destination folder for lib
  base: true, // the base (within src) directory within src
  stylus: false, // if stylus should be copied
  stylus_base: 'style', // the base directory within src for stylus
  stylus_dest: '', // the target directory for stylus
  sass: false, // if sass should be copied
  sass_base: 'sass', // the base directory within src for sass
  sass_dest: '', // the target directory for copied source sass
  css_dest: '', // the target directory for compiled css
  copy: false, // array of file globs (or false if no copy)
  copy_base: '', // the base (within src) directory within src for copy
  css_rename_main: false, // if main css files should be renamed to library name
}

Main Configuration Structure

{
  type: '', // library, module, multi
  path: '', // the project root path, should be set to __dirname
  src: 'src', // the src directory
  tmp: 'tmp', // the tmp directory
  name: null, // the project name
  main_name: 'main', // the main file name
  proj_name: null, // the VS project name
  lib: null, // @see above
  bundle: null, // @see above
  server: {
    root: null, // the server root path
    port: 9000, // the server port
    inject: {
      scripts_before: [], // array of paths to scripts to inject before
      scripts_after: [], // array of paths to scripts to inject after
    },
  },
  build: {
    install_npm: true, // if npm should be installed during install task
    install_tsd: true, // if tsd should be installed during install task
    publish: false, // if the default task is publish
    server: false, // if the server should be started by default
    sourcemaps: true, // if sourcemaps should be created for bundles
    sourcemaps_inline: false, // if sourcemaps should be inline for bundles
    is_multi: false, // if module/library is running under multi builder
    ui_nested: true, // if ui files should be nested or not
  },
  publish: {
    dest: 'publish', // the publish directory
    target: true, // the publish target (AUTO generated when set to true)
  },
  license: '...', // the license string attached to top of bundled file
  glob: { // the glob patterns, should not need to change these
    ts: ['**/*+(.ts|.tsx)'],
    js: ['**/*+(.js|.jsx)'],
    stylus: ['**/*.styl'],
    sass: ['**/*.scss'],
    bundle: ['**/*.bundle.js'],
  },
  compile: {
    ts: true, // enable typescript compile
    js: false, // enable javascript compile
    sass: true, // enable sass compile
    stylus: false, // enable stylus compile
  },
}

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Task Hooks

There are a number of gulp task hooks that can be overridden to allow custom tasks to take place:

• build:before
• build:after
• publish:before
• publish:after
• install:before
• install:after
• library:before
• library:after
• bundle:before
• bundle:after
• compile:before
• compile:after

You can override any of these tasks, to add additional processing.