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Things To Do

Important Features

  • Multiple format support. Format processors supplied by dependencies should be used to resolve formats.
  • HTML manifest support [in general we need a way for packages to generate new assets]
  • cache-friendly URLs
  • HTML files should be able to process as templates using a template plugin
  • Can we use YAML instead of JSON?
  • Changing a dependency in a package.json should rebuild all files in preview mode (in case the transport was modified)

Lower Priority

  • figure out why requiring LibGems takes so long; really slows down launch
  • Make LibGems & bpm compatible with ruby 1.8.7
  • make work with JS that is placed at the root of the package. (i.e. lib = .)

Usage Scenarios

New user with existing app using bpm to manage dependencies

bpm init .         # creates bpm.json, assets/bpm_libs.js etc.

bpm add sproutcore # updates json & packages with sproutcore
> Fetching sproutcore...
> Building bpm_libs.js
> New library size ~24Kb

# now just load assets/bpm_libs.js to get it all

bpm remove sproutcore # updates json & packages to remove...
...

User migrates to use bpm to manage their app as well

bpm init --app  # enables app management, creates app dir for JS

# now just make your index.html load assets/app_name/app_package.js

bpm preview     # returns auto-compiled resources while working.
                # also we could publish a rails plugin that bakes in to 
                # rails app

bpm rebuild     # generates a built app when you are ready to go to prod
                # maybe should build the entire thing into a different 
                # loc?

User working with unit tests in their app

# to enable unit testing add a unit testing framework as a dev dependency
bpm add qunit --dev

# you can also use the generator to introduce a unit test
bpm gen qunit test foo_test  # creates tests/foo_test.js

# next time you update it will add a assets/app_name/bpm_tests.js file
# this isn't really necessary though because bpm preview runs this.
bpm update --no-fetch

# start the preview app and then navigate to the qunit
bpm preview

# then to run the unit tests - load the qunit viewer...
visit: http://localhost:4020/assets/qunit

Developer hacking on a package they intend to redistribute

This works the same way whether you intend to redistribute or not; just put it inside of a project and name your development dependencies there. Workflow is the same as unit testing an app except that the tests should be in the package and the tests will be built into assets/package_name/bpm_tests.js

Including a developer package inside of another project

All packages must be developed inside of a project - this means that a package you intend to distribute via bpm must itself be developed inside of a project.

If you just want to include a developer package just add the project to your 'vendor' directory.