requirejs-middleware

Middleware for Connect & Express that runs the RequireJS optimizer on demand. Production-ready and used by Mozilla Popcorn Maker.

Installation

npm install requirejs-middleware

Usage

var express = require("express"),
    path = require("path"),
    requirejsMiddleware = require("requirejs-middleware");
 
var app = express();
 
app.use(express.logger("dev"));
app.use(requirejsMiddleware({
  src: path.join(__dirname + "/public"),
  dest: path.join(__dirname + "/build"),
  build: true,
  debug: true,
  modules: {
    "/main.js": {
      baseUrl: path.join(__dirname + "/public"),
      include: "main"
    }
  }
}));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname + "/build")));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname + "/public")));
 
app.listen(3000);

See the full example in examples/almond/server.js.

Options

• src - Source directory containing the RequireJS modules. Required
• dest - Destination directory to write built RequireJS modules to. Required
• build - Optimize modules. When disabled, the module will be served up unchanged. Default false
• once - Optimize modules once. Recommended for production deployments. Default false
• debug - Output debugging information on the console. Default false
• modules - Object containing module paths and RequireJS optimizer options. Required
  • string - Path to RequireJS module
    • baseUrl - All modules are located relative to this path. Required
    • include - Include this module in the output file. Required if you are optimizing with almond.
    • name - Name of the module to optimize first. Defaults to almond