espresso

Espresso README

Espresso: The-M-Projects build tools using node.js

Installation

Prerequesites

To install espresso you need Node.js >= 0.4 and either git or npm.

Install via NPM

You can install espresso with the help of NPM:

npm install espresso -g

The "-g" option is needed for npm >= 1.0.

Install via git

If you don't want to use NPM, you can check out the project with git, init the submodules and create an alias.

• Install node.js. see description here

• Checkout Espresso:

  git clone https://github.com/mwaylabs/Espresso.git

• Initialize submodules:

  git submodule update --init

• Create an alias:

  alias espresso='/path/to/Espresso/bin/espresso.js'

Usage

• Create a new HelloWorld project:

  espresso init --project HelloWorld --example

• Build it:

  cd HelloWorld && espresso build

• Run the development server:

  espresso server

• Generate new files

  espresso generate -c testcontroller -v testview -m testmodel

This command will generate a new model, a new view and a new controller.

Installing node.js on Windows

Read the instructions here

Licensing

All license information about Espresso and used third-party components can be found in the LICENSE file, Or in the concrete third-party component.