Trainman

API

trainman( environment, projectConfig )

Creates a new instance of Trainman.

environment

The name of the environment to use for building. Trainman will look for an environment with this name in environments.

Type: String
Required: yes

Note: If it's available, Trainman will use process.env.NODE_ENV instead of the provided value.

projectConfig

The configuration object for your project, which will be merged with the default configuration.

Type: Object
Required: no
Default value: {}

trainman.config

Returns the complete configuration object - projectConfig merged with the default configuration.

trainman.locals( metaTagOverrides )

Returns an object with the following keys:

* stylesheetUrls
* javascriptUrls
* metaTags
* buildSignature // (except in standalone mode)

metaTagOverrides

Any additional key/value pairs to merge into the existing metaTags object.

Type: Object
Required: no
Default value: {}

trainman.build()

Builds all assets as described in manifest.

trainman.watch( liveReload )

Watches all files described in manifest for changes, and rebuilds changed assets.

liveReload

Whether or not to start a LiveReload server on port 35729.

Type: Boolean
Required: no
Default value: false

trainman.installTask( taskName )

Sets up a Gulp task. The available tasks are as follows:

* build // build the project - equivalent to trainman.build()
* server // start a local server and watch for changes
* deploy // deploy to bucket specified in environment.deploy
* open // open browser to URL specified in environment.root

taskName

The name of the task being installed.

Type: String
Required: yes

trainman.setDefaultTask( taskName )

Sets one of the installed Gulp tasks as the default (i.e., the task that will be executed when you simply run gulp).

taskName

The name of the task being set as default.

Type: String
Required: yes

Configuration options

// Default values shown
var config = {
  _package: require( './package.json' ),
  environments: require( './environments.json' ),
  manifest: require( './manifest.json' ),
  publicDir: 'public',
  indexOutputPath: 'index.html',
  assetOutputPath: 'assets',
  versionedAssets: true,
  addSHAToVersion: true,
  setStrictMode: true,
  concatenateTemplates: false,
  angularModule: undefined, // (required when using concatenateTemplates)
  templateAssetOutputPath: assetOutputPath, // assetOutputPath to use in concatenated templates
  devHost: 'localhost',
  devPort: 8082,
  livereload: false
};

Example usage

Standalone mode

// server.js
 
var express = require( 'express' ),
    minimist = require( 'minimist' );
 
var options = minimist( process.argv.slice( 2 ) ),
    environment = options.environment || options.e || 'staging';
 
var trainman = require( 'trainman' )( environment );
 
trainman.build();
 
if ( !process.env.NODE_ENV || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ) {
  trainman.watch( true );
}
 
var app = express();
 
app.set( 'port', ( process.env.PORT || trainman.config.devPort ) );
 
app.use( '/assets', express.static( path.join( __dirname, trainman.config.publicDir, trainman.config.assetOutputPath ), {
  fallthrough: false
} ) );
 
app.get( '*', function( request, response ) {
  response.render( 'index.html', trainman.locals() );
} );
 
app.listen( app.get( 'port' ), function() {
  console.log( 'Node app is running on port', app.get( 'port' ) );
} );
 

Gulp mode

// gulpfile.js
 
var minimist = require( 'minimist' );
 
var options = minimist( process.argv.slice( 2 ) ),
    environment = options.environment || options.e || 'staging';
 
var trainman = require( 'trainman' )( environment, config );
 
trainman.installTask( 'build' );
trainman.installTask( 'server' );
trainman.installTask( 'deploy' );
trainman.installTask( 'open' );
 
trainman.setDefaultTask( 'server' );

Command-line switches

--remote / -r
# Build for remote execution 
# This option is automatically set to true when running the "deploy" task or when NODE_ENV is set to something other than "development" 

Command-line arguments

The following arguments will override values specified in the config object

--environment / -e
# Environment to use for build, deploy, and open tasks 
# This can be an environment key from the environments object, or the path to a file that contains a complete environment object. 
# For an example, see the "Development environment" section below. 

--host / -h
# Development server hostname 

--port / -p
# Development server port number 

Development environment

To use a custom environment for development, create a gitignored file (i.e. development.json) and pass this filename to gulp as the --environment argument.

File-based environments have the special property base, which specifies that this environment should extend an environment from the environments object with the given name. An example file-based environment is below.

{
  "base": "production",
 
  "dependencies": {
    "javascripts": [
      "//sdk.boxxspring.com/angularjs-boxxspring-sdk-2.0.10.js",
      "//localhost:8081/theme-boxxspring-sdk-1.13.0.js"
    ]
  },
 
  "metaTags": {
    "com.boxxspring.property.code_name": "networka"
  }
}

Notes

Trainman is designed to work with the Source Version Buildpack for Heroku, or a similar buildpack that sets the SOURCE_VERSION environment variable in profile.d. This value is used to build asset paths that include a query string for cache busting.