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ExpressJS and JamJS work together
Respects NODE_ENV
environment parameter of Express, it returns a single
catalog with all dependencies in production, but each dependency in its
own file in development mode. Development mode does not need server restart
if dependencies change.
Respects packageDir
property from package.json
.
Configure dependencies
Write dependencies in package.json
and execute express-jam-install
script
on installation:
{
"scripts": {
"postinstall": "env PATH=./node_modules/.bin:$PATH express-jam-install"
}
,"jam": {
"dependencies": {
"jquery": "1.8.0"
}
}
}
See Jam documentation for more details.
Link to an express app
var app = require('express')()
linkJam(app, function(error) {
if (error) {
console.log(error);
process.exit(1);
} else {
app.listen(3000);
}
});
Use in views
The uri to jam bootstrap is provided to views in view options, by default in
key jam_uri
. For example in jade:
!!!
html
head
title Jam-Express
script(type='text/javascript', src='#{jam_uri}', data-main='index')
body
p Hello, world!
Use out of views
The middleware returned can be used to expose the variable in response:
var app = require('express')();
linkJam(app, function(error, middleware) {
if (error) {
console.log(error);
process.exit(1);
} else {
app.get('/', middleware, function(req, res) {
res.send('Hello at: ' + req.jam_uri);
});
app.listen(3000);
}
});
Environment parameters
process.env.JAM_VIEW_KEY
(defaults tojam_uri
): key in views options that holds the uri to jam bootstrap
Licence
MIT, see license.txt
.