Building new Absinthe Framework

[Tomas Roig Martinez]

Hi,

i'm trying to set up the new version, following the steps in here: https://github.com/mwaylabs/The-M-Project/tree/absinthe for the mac/linux developer. I've installed all the dependencies, but when it comes to do: grunt dev, grunt gets stuck with the "watch task". It says: Waiting....

Where's the problem? How can i build the framework?

Thanks everyone and good job!

[hano]

Hi!

The grunt dev task is watching for file changes for the framework. So waiting means in this case: "waiting for a file change". If you change a file in the framework the watcher reacts on it and creates a new version of the framework.

Some more Information on this topic.

a) the generator builds the framework to the .tmp directory (inside the framework github clone directory)

b you only need the https://github.com/mwaylabs/The-M-Project/tree/absinthe repository to build your own framework or make changes to the existing one.

c) if you use the generator-m and you want to use your own builded framework do the following:

  1. inside the app folder: app/bower_components/themproject/ remove the dist folder

  2. create a link to the dist folder to the dist of your clone of a)

    cd YOURAPP/app/bower_components/themproject/"

    rm -rf dist

    ln -s /PATH/TO/The-M-Project/.tmp ./dist

d) the grunt dev task can also be run as grunt dev-js or grunt dev-css to watch only the js/css files

If you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask.

best regards

marco  

[hano]

Hi,

if you just want to build the framework without the watch task you can simple run: 'grunt'

This will update the .tmp folder without further watches on files.

To build a distribution you can use 'grunt dist' this will generate a minified version of the build - ready for distribution.

cheers 

marco