Robol

Robol is a simple tool for building projects, created as a Node.js module.

It allows to compile, concatenate, lint and minify JavaScript, CoffeeScript, CSS and LESS files.

Robol uses Gear.js build system.

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Node.js installed.

Modul confirmed working on MacOS X 10.8 and Windows 8.

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Install using npm with 'global' flag:

npm install robol -g

Or clone this project from github:

git clone https://github.com/filmic/Robol.git

and from the checked out repository folder run command in console:

npm install . -g

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From the root of your project run command in console:

robol

##### Options

-c, --config Path to the config file. [default: "./robol.config.json"]
-w, --watch Enables watch mode.
-v, --version Displays version of the module.
-h, --help Displays help message.

Robol requires a config file with JSON data defining inputs and outputs of the building process. By default it looks for the _robol.config.json_ file but it can be overwritten by using -coption.

##### Examples of the JSON config file:

``json
{
"scripts": {
"input_dir": "src/js",
"input_files": [
"test.coffee",
"helloworld.js"
],
"output_dir": "deploy/scripts",
"output_file": "scripts.min.js",
"minify": true,
"lint": true
},
"styles": {
"input_dir": "src/css",
"input_files": [
"test.less",
"test2.css"
],
"output_dir": "deploy/styles",
"output_file": "styles.min.css",
"minify": true,
"lint": true
}
}
`

You can also define multiple build configurations for scripts and styles:

`json
{
"scripts": [
{
"input_dir": "src/coffee",
"input_files": [
"tcp-server.coffee",
"tcp-client.coffee"
],
"output_dir": "deploy",
"output_file": "tcp.js",
"minify": false,
"lint": true
},
{
"input_dir": "src",
"input_files": [
"js/helloworld.js"
],
"output_dir": "deploy/scripts",
"output_file": "scripts.min.js",
"minify": true,
"lint": true
}
],
"styles": [
{
"input_dir": "src/css",
"input_files": [
"test.css",
"test2.css"
],
"output_dir": "deploy/styles",
"output_file": "styles.min.css",
"minify": true,
"lint": true
},
{
"input_dir": "src/less",
"input_files": [
"test2.less"
],
"output_dir": "deploy/styles",
"output_file": "test.css",
"minify": false,
"lint": true
}
]
}
``

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* CoffeeScript 1.3.3
* LESS 1.3.0
* UglifyJS 1.3.3
* JSLint 0.1.9
* CSSLint 0.9.8