less4clients

Less4Clients

Less4Clients allows Express.js to render .less files when ?css is appended to their urls.

Example

• http://localhost:5000/asd.less

  body {
  	a {
  		color:'bada55';
  	}
  }
  

• http://localhost:5000/asd.less?css

  body a {
  	color:'bada55';
  }
  

Installing

• Install Node.js

• Install it

   npm install less4clients
  

Using

• With Node.js in JavaScript

  // Include Less4Clients
  require('coffee-script');
  less4clients = require('less4clients');
  
  // Setup with your Express Server
  less4clients.createInstance({
  	server: null, // your express server (required)
  	publicPath: '...', // the full path to your server root (required)
  	missingAction: false, // the action to forward to when a file is not found
  	cache: false, // whether the responses should be cached
  	compress: false // whether the output should be compressed
  });
  

• With Node.js in CoffeeScript

  # Include Less4Clients
  less4clients = require 'less4clients'
  
  # Setup with your Express Server
  less4clients.createInstance {
  	server: null # your express server (required)
  	publicPath: '...' # the full path to your server root (required)
  	missingAction: false # the action to forward to when a file is not found
  	cache: false # whether the responses should be cached
  	compress: false # whether the output should be compressed
  }
  
  

History

• v0.1 July 5, 2011
  • Initial commit

License

Licensed under the MIT License Copyright 2011 Benjamin Arthur Lupton