Nest
Nest is a foundational framework for front end web applications. It provides the following:
- Development Server that compiles CoffeeScript, Sass etc... ( via Mincer, Express ).
- Build System for building and minifying the code (via Mincer, Uglifyjs, CSSWrig).
- Environment configuration that is available for the front end code.
- Autoprefix & Autopolyfill your code (TODO).
- Modular: third party modules can be built for it.
- Some configuration, some convention.
- Download and copy all of the external resources. (TODO)
Conventions
The only conventions are the three main files, that will be build and used:
- index.html - The only html file that is serves the application
- application.js - The JavaScript file for that application
- application.css - The CSS for the application
And the location and naming of the configuration files:
- config/application.(coffee|js) - The main configuration file
- config/environments/development.(coffee|js) - The environment specific configuration
Configuration
The following configurations are available for all built-in modules:
- assets: An array of directories for Mincer
- port: The port to run the server
- static: The static content for the server
- title: The title of the application
- buildDirectory: A relative path for the build directory
- externalCSS: These are the external CSS files that the application uses
- externalJS: These are the external JavaScript files that the application uses
Any other configuration that you specify here is available for the application.
Example:
module.exports = # Basic configuration assets: "source""stylesheets" static: "static" buildDirectory: 'build' title: "Test Application" # Custom configuration endpoint: "http://www.test.com/api/v1"
Built-in Modules
Server
nest server
It creates a development server for serving the main files.
Builder
nest build
It builds all the main files (mainly for production). All of the main files are minified.
Static Server
nest static
It will start a static server for the build directory, it is used in production.