README.md

Script to watch project's less and js files, which helps you to compile javascript and less files automatically.

Javascript files would be compiled according to the settings in build.rb.

Requirement

• less
• uglifyjs2
• watchr

Installation

Copy File to Target Directory

cp ~/path/to/watchr-watch-project/bin/watchr-project ~/bin
cp ~/path/to/watchr-watch-project/lib/*.watchr ~/lib

Modify Path

Add "lib" path to environment variable.

Open ~/.bashrc and add the following line:

export lib=~/dev/src/lib

Modify javascirpt lib path to yours.

Open ~/lib/js.watchr and change @js_lib_dir path matching yours.

@js_lib_dir = ENV["lib"] + "/custom/snippets"

Modify lessc --include-path option.

Open ~/lib/lessc.watchr and change @inc_path matchin your folder structure. This variable would be --include-path option for lessc command

@inc_path = [
    ".",
    ENV["lib"] + "/css",
    ENV["lib"] + "/javascript" ].join(":")

Modify Project Root Path.

See build.rb file example

Usage

Create your project under WEB_ROOT path and execute this command:

watchr-project ABS_PATH_TO_PROJECT