connect-bundle
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Middleware that allows you to configure client-side JavaScript and CSS bundles, and use conditionally based on environment.
Middleware that allows you to configure client-side JavaScript and CSS bundles, and use conditionally based on environment.
Allows you to specify bundles of JavaScript and CSS that are to be refrenced in your views, usually in a layout. If running in development mode, the contents of a bundle will be used, otherwise the bundle will be used. Allows you to specify multiple bundles, and choose which one to use.
It does not actually perform the bundling: for that, you must rely on another library such as [grunt-contrib-uglify]:https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-uglify or [grunt-contrib-cssmin]:https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-cssmin. You can also use [grunt-hashres]:https://github.com/Luismahou/grunt-hashres to hash your bundles, and have it automatically update your bundle names accordingly. Note that Grunt (or Grunt plugins) are no way required; I am just using them as examples here.
Install using npm:
$ npm install connect-bundle --save
// cheesy mobile detection
app.use(function(req, res, next){
var ua = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
req.isMobile = !!ua.match(/mob/i);
});
var bundler = require('connect-bundle')({
// choose the property that will be added to res.locals (defaults to '_bundles')
contextProperty = 'myBundles',
// specify your budnles
bundles: {
clientJavaScript: {
desktop: {
file: '/js/acme-desktop.min.js',
location: 'head',
contents: [
'/js/acme-main.js',
'/js/acme-this.js',
'/js/acme-that.js',
]
},
mobile: {
file: '/js/acme-mobile.min.js',
location: 'beforeCloseBody',
contents: [
'/js/acme-main.js',
'/js/acme-that.js',
'/js/acme-mobile.js'
]
},
},
clientCss: {
desktop: {
file: '/css/acme-desktop.min.css',
contents: [
'/css/acme-main.css',
'/css/acme-desktop.css',
'/css/acme-print.css',
]
}
mobile: {
file: '/css/acme-mobile.min.css',
contents: [
'/css/acme-main.css',
'/css/acme-mobile.css',
]
}
}
},
use: {
desktop: function(req,res) {
return !req.isMobile;
}
mobile: function(req,res) {
return req.isMobile;
}
}
});
// set your preferred view engine first....
app.engine('handlebars', require('express3-handlebars')());
app.set('view engine','handlebars');
app.use(bundler);
In this example, we've configured two distinct bundles, desktop and mobile. Bundles can be named whatever you like; this is just an example. You can have as many or as few bundles as you want. For JavaScript, you also must specify a location, such as 'head', 'afterBodyOpen' or 'afterBodyClose' (these are common places to include JavaScript). It is assumed that all CSS will be referenced in <head>, so CSS locations don't have a location.
Now in your views (this example uses Handlebars):
<head>
{{#each myBundles.js.head}}
<script src="{{.}}"></script>
{{/each}}
{{#each myBundles.css}}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{.}}"></script>
{{/each}}
</head>
<body>
<h1>Acme</h1>
<p>Content goes here.</p>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.2.min.js"></script>
{{#each myBundle.js.beforeBodyClose}}
<script src="{{.}}"></script>
{{/each}}
</body>
If you run in development mode, the individual scripts that comprise the bundles will be used, aiding in debugging. If you run in any other mode, the bundles will be used.
FAQs
Middleware that allows you to configure client-side JavaScript and CSS bundles, and use conditionally based on environment.
The npm package connect-bundle receives a total of 4 weekly downloads. As such, connect-bundle popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that connect-bundle demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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