Browser-side require(), minifier & packager for CommonJS modules

Easily use Javascript & Coffeescript CommonJS modules in the browser using this handy commandline tool, even for non-NodeJS projects.

A directory of CommonJS modules is minified into a single javascript file, and each module can be exposed on demand in the browser via synchronous require().

StitchUp wraps the amazing stitch library https://github.com/sstephenson/stitch Thanks heaps sstephenson.

Minification is provided by the uglify library https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS/

Installation

$ npm install -g stitchup

Usage

Stitch up CommonJS modules located in app to public/bundle.js

$ stitchup -o public/bundle.js app

Compile in development (uncompressed) mode

$ stitchup -o public/bundle.js -m DEVELOPMENT app

Load modules via synchronous require()

# Stitch up modules in the ./app directory as ./public/bundle.js:          
$ stitchup -o ./public/bundle.js ./app     
      
# Load the bundle on your website:
<script src="/bundle.js"></script>
<script>
    $(function() {
        var app = require('controllers/app');
        app.init();
    })
</script>

# Use require() to reference modules from modules:
module.exports = {
    init: function() {
        var myCar = require('models/cars');
        myCar.drive();
    }
}

Run the provided example:

$ git clone git://github.com/secoif/StitchUp.git
Cloning into StitchUp...
$ cd StitchUp
$ cd example
$ stitchup -o ./public/app.js ./app
Compiled ./public/app.js.
$ cd public/
$ python -m "SimpleHTTPServer"
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...
Navigate to 0.0.0.0:8000 via your web browser and you should see that stitchup is working

Future

• Ability to watch a directory and automatically recompile