= Front-End Blender
== What is Blender?
Blender is like ant or make for the front-end. It aggregates and compresses CSS and/or JavaScript assets for a site into efficient, production-ready files.
== The Blendfile
The Blendfile, named Blendfile.yaml by default, is the configuration file that tells Blender which source files are combined into which output files. The file uses the YAML format. The output file is listed as hash key and source files are the hash values as an array. Here is a sample Blendfile:
_behavior: _global-min.js: - ../_vendor/jquery/jquery.js - ../_vendor/shadowbox/src/js/adapter/shadowbox-jquery.js - ../_vendor/shadowbox/src/js/shadowbox.js - _global.js - _analytics.js - ../vendor/google-analytics/ga.js _style: _global: min.css: - ../../_vendor/shadowbox/src/css/shadowbox.css - typography.css - typography-print.css - colors.css - colors-print.css - layout-screen.css - layout-print.css
== Usage
Usage: blend [options] -h, --help Show this message -V, --version Prints Blender's version number -g, --generate Generate a stub Blendfile -f, --file FILE Use given Blendfile -r, --root ROOT Specify the path to the web root directory -t, --type TYPE Select file type to blend (css, js) -m, --min [MINIFIER] Select minifier to use (yui, none) -c, --cache-buster [BUSTER] Append cache busters to URLs in CSS, defaults to timestamps --force Force blending when source files aren't newer than output files --yui=YUIOPTS Pass arguments to YUI Compressor -d, --data EXPERIMENTAL Convert url(file.ext) to url(data:) in CSS files -z, --gzip EXPERIMENTAL Also create gzip output files
== Examples
In your site directory run 'blend' to minify CSS and JavaScript. blend
Other examples: blend --generate blend --yui='--preserve-semi' blend -t css blend -t css -d blend -f public/Blendfile.yaml
== Installation
To install the RubyGem, run the following at the command line (you may need to use a command such as su or sudo): gem install mime-types gem install colored gem install front-end-blender --source http://gems.github.com
If you're using Windows, you'll also need to run the following: gem install win32console
== License
Copyright (c) 2008 Chris Griego (c) 2008 Blake Elshire
Blender is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license. For details, see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
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