alexmost/abs.js

Awesome Build Sequence based on Gulp tasks and streams.

Introduction

Abs.js (awesome build sequence) - is a project for improving assets build process based on gulp and gulp tasks. The main goal of this project is to provide configurable build sequence for building your client-side assets for making them work in browser.

There are a lot's of solutions for building client-side applications nowadays. Almost all of them provide a huge amount of plugins for transforming, concatenating, minifying and optimizing files. This project provides one level abstraction on top of operations with simple files. Abs.js is designed for operating with modules. Module is something that can be a single file, or folder with it's own namespace, npm or bower component e.t.c.

Key features

1. Uses all power of gulp build system and gulp tasks.
2. Easy bundles and modules management.
3. Designed for browser applications for supporting modular architecture.
4. Builtin caching system.
5. Blazinly fast.
6. Pluggable and extensible for new file types, compilers and modules.

The work is still in progress ...

abs.js's Issues

single file adapter

Implement adapter for working with single files as modules.

wiki for abs.js

1. Intro
2. Config structure
   2.2 compilers
   2.3 adapters

Implement some 'test compilers'

Implement some simple mock compilers for tests.

code documentation generator

add code documentation generator
(codo, docco)

directory adapter

Processing files in directory.

cache

Implemented cache logic for modules and bundles.

1. Reading cache.
2. Saving compiled modules.

cast method as function or list of functions

If cast method of some module or bundle is array of functions, then all computations are made independently in each function from function array.

tests

1. mock_compiler if passed file has already compiled sources.

Make abs work with single files

1. Possibility to set custom build sequences just for single files.
2. Compilers for specific file types.
3. Concat appropriate files in their bundles.
4. Configure bundles processing. (some one generic processor for the beginning)

Add types for key objects

Types will provide more information for generated documentation.

1. Module. +
2. Bundle. +
3. CachedModule. +
4. Config +
5. Adapter. +
6. Compiler. +

Implement function for defining if module files were changed + tests