ADDED - gzip compression of static files + bumped version

lib/client/client.js

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-var async                       = require('async')
-  , fs                          = require('fs')
-  , path                        = require('path')
-  , express                     = require('express')
+var async                         = require('async')
+  , fs                            = require('fs')
+  , path                          = require('path')
+  , express                       = require('express')
 
-  , jade                        = require('jade')
+  , jade                          = require('jade')
 
-  , child_process               = require('child_process')
-  , events                      = require('events')
+  , child_process                 = require('child_process')
+  , events                        = require('events')
 
-  , EventEmitter                = events.EventEmitter
+  , EventEmitter                  = events.EventEmitter
 
+  , gzip                          = require('connect-gzip')
   ;
 
 var asyncFs                       = require('../util/async_fs')
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ var asyncFs                       = require('../util/async_fs')
 
   , JADE_RUNTIME_FILE_NAME        = config.JADE_RUNTIME_FILE_NAME
 
+  , STATIC_FILES_CACHE_LIFETIME                       = config.STATIC_FILES_CACHE_LIFETIME
   ;
 
 /******************************************************************************
@@ -625,13 +627,13 @@ exports.setup = function setup_client() {
    * sets up a static middleware to serve the webapp `client/static` folder 
    * as `/static`
    */
-  app.use('/static', express.static(static_dir_path));
+  app.use('/static', gzip.staticGzip(static_dir_path, { maxAge : STATIC_FILES_CACHE_LIFETIME }));
 
   /***
    * sets up a static middleware to serve the rocket `rocket-js` folder
    * as `/rocket-js`
    */
-  app.use('/js/rocket', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'rocket-js')));
+  app.use('/js/rocket', gzip.staticGzip(path.join(__dirname, 'rocket-js'), { maxAge : STATIC_FILES_CACHE_LIFETIME }));
 
   if (process.env['NODE_ENV'] === 'production') {
 
@@ -644,7 +646,7 @@ exports.setup = function setup_client() {
 
               //sets up a static middleware to serve the webapp optimized tmp js folder 
               //as `/js`
-              app.use('/js', express.static(client_js_tmpdir.path));
+              app.use('/js', gzip.staticGzip(client_js_tmpdir.path, { maxAge : STATIC_FILES_CACHE_LIFETIME }));
 
               callback(null);
             }
@@ -659,7 +661,7 @@ exports.setup = function setup_client() {
 
               //sets up a static middleware to serve the webapp optimized tmp css folder 
               //as `/css`
-              app.use('/css', express.static(client_css_tmpdir.path));
+              app.use('/css', gzip.staticGzip(client_css_tmpdir.path, { maxAge : STATIC_FILES_CACHE_LIFETIME }));
 
               callback(null);
 

lib/config.js

@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ module.exports = new function() {
 
   this.LOCALES_NAME_REGEXP          = new RegExp(this.MODULE_NAME_REGEXP);
 
-  this.DEVELOPMENT_LISTEN_PORT      = 3000
-  this.PRODUCTION_LISTEN_PORT       = 80
+  this.DEVELOPMENT_LISTEN_PORT      = 3000;
+  this.PRODUCTION_LISTEN_PORT       = 80;
+
+  this.STATIC_FILES_CACHE_LIFETIME  = 365 * 86400000; //one-year
 
 };

package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "rocket"
 , "description": "The rapid development framework for node.js"
 , "keywords": ["mvc", "model view controller", "comet","rapid development", "Rocket", "framework"]
-, "version": "0.1.19"
+, "version": "0.2.0"
 , "homepage": "http://wavo.me"
 , "repository":
   { "type" : "git"
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     , "jade-i18n"         : "= 0.0.2"
     , "now"               : ">= 0.7.4"
 	, "colors"			  : "0.6.x"
+	, "connect-gzip"	  : "0.1.5"
   }
 , "devDependencies": {
     "jessie"              : ">= 0.3.7"