grunt-build-config
Make config file for browser at build time
Why I wrote this
For server-side applications like node.js, configuration per mode can be set with env variable(ex. NODE_ENV). But client-side applications cannot be easily configured in this way, because the apps run on the browser.
So I wrote this! This plugin generates configuration file for browser at 'build time'.
For example, when configuration file is given,
moduleexports = development: api_host: "http://localhost:7000" env: processenvNODE_ENV production: api_host: "http://my-api.server.com" env: processenvNODE_ENV ;
run buildconfig task,
$ grunt buildconfig:development
then a file which will run on browsers is generated.
default
mode:
/* jshint ignore:start */; { 'use strict'; window__BUILD_CONFIG__ = "api_host": "http://localhost:7000" "env": "development" ; };/* jshint ignore:end */
browserify
mode:
/* jshint ignore:start */'use strict';moduleexports = "api_host": "http://localhost:7000" "env": "development";/* jshint ignore:end */
Installation
$ npm install grunt-build-config --save-dev
Buildconfig task
Run this task with the grunt buildconfig
command.
Read a configuration table and generate a configuration file with given environment.
Options
srcFile
Type: String
Default: 'buildconfig'
Input file path.
srcFile
should be an requirable path (ex. *.js, *.json) that returns an object with properties.
task target will be used to choose value of which property will be used.
The value of it will be given to the global variable.
destFile
Type: String
Default: 'out/buildconfig.js'
Output file path.
varName
Type: String
Default: '_BUILD_CONFIG_'
Name of the global variable which contains the configuration information.
mode
Type: String
Default: 'default'
Form of output js file.
When mode is default
, config file data is assigned to a global variable.
When mode is browserify
, config file data will be exported in commonjs way.
Usage Examples
buildconfig: options: srcFile: 'test/fixtures/config.js' destFile: '.tmp/config.js' varName: '__CONFIG__' mode: 'default'
Tests
To run the test suite, first install the dependencies, then run npm test
:
$ npm install$ npm test