It looks like there is a good array of tools coming to light from this thread. I, myself, have been tackling the problem of making JS library development more like Java development, as far as automated running of unit tests, documentation, packaging, etc, in recent months.
I see a growing demand for a nice tool chain of things like jslint, shrinksafe, jsunit + jscoverage, selenium, jsdoc, and dependency management. Maybe it's because I just came back to JS after several years with a bunch of Java development under my belt; but I see all these tools and feel like they should be integrated. Especially when I make the connection between web2.0 and people who promote Agile development practice. JS tools are hardly in the state to accommodate good Agile, IMO. If integration were better, it would be a different story. My original approach was to create an Ant script that would download various things using the <get> task, and use Maven Antlib for JSUnit, Selenium and ShrinkSafe dependencies. But now I am getting to the point where I want to break my library into multiple parts (project-core, project-ext, project-ext-gui, etc) and Maven seems like the natural answer. And of course when Maven comes into the picture, I want to manage my other JS dependencies as such. So last night I gave it a shot, and it seems to work well using war packaging and their built-in overlay behavior. There are a few kinks to work out, and probably Mojos to write, but I think it will work. My immediate need is for JSUnit, which I have hacked into a series of executions (see pom link below). I'll definitely be looking at some of these tools and seeing how I can use them (namely the ShrinkSafe mojo!), and hopefully getting a JSUnit mojo out of them at the very least. I've never written a plugin (beyond hello world), but I'm eager to give it a shot. I have high hopes that Maven can bring the state of JS development up to par with the Agile way that so many web2.0 people want to develop. I'm looking forward to hearing more of everyone's great ideas! Harlan ps. Here's my main POM with JSUnit (in-progress proof of concept, by no means a final product). The executions for JSUnit are basically a copy of Selenium's: http://soashable.googlecode.com/svn/xmpp4js/branches/maven/pom.xml And here's my old Ant script "JSLibBuilder": http://soashable.googlecode.com/svn/jslibbuilder/trunk/ On 9/27/07, nicolas de loof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I myself make test based on scriptaculous and prototype. I'm not > developer on this project so this is only a proof-of-concept. > Prototype is based on multiple simple js files and requires some > packaging, so maven fits naturally. scriptaculous has a dependency on > prototype, so it's a good example for js dependencies. > > I'll soon setup a sample project to demonstrate building prototype > using my plugin... > > > I just added some initial (not yet working...) support for jsDoc in my > plugin. > You can checkout > > https://hammerfest.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/hammerfest/maven-javascript-plugin/trunk/ > > I never saw any quality-metric tool for javascript. jslinker could be > a very interesting contrib for this purpose. I also never wrote a > report-Mojo, so cannot help much on that side... > > > 2007/9/27, Richard Chamberlain < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Maybe we could create an example dev project (or archetype) that uses > > these plugins if there isn't one already? It would be a good starting > > point for people who want to use maven for JavaScript. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nicolas de loof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 27 September 2007 11:51 > > To: Maven Users List > > Subject: Re: Using maven for JavaScript projects > > > > I just commited a second Mojo that does the merge of multiple js files. > > > > With this, a JS projet can be splitted into multiple js files and > > merged into a main artifact.js > > The CompressMojo also has been updated to allow attaching a compressed > > version of the artifact on install/deploy. > > > > To Manos : > > how do you integrate with jsDoc ? AFAIK this is a JS based tool, not > > really simple to invoke from a Java Mojo. Or maybe you use a JS Mojo ? > > > > Would you like to colaborate on a common javascript plugin ? Would you > > publish it as part of the Mojo project ? > > > > 2007/9/27, nicolas de loof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > That was one goal of my plugin : provide a maven extention to allow > > > "js" packaging type. > > > > > > I proposed for contrib on the mojo dev list but got fiew interest. > > > > > > My goal is to allow build projects like scriptaculous using maven : > > > dependency on prototype, merging of multiple individual .js, > > > attachement of compressed version... > > > > > > Your help is welcome if you have > > > - ideas > > > - experience on JS toolkits and/or maven > > > - time ! > > > > > > Nico. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2007/9/27, Richard Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Thanks for that. I'll look into it, have you had any experiences > > with > > > > dependency management in JavaScript? Our company has a lot of > > > > JavaScript, some of which are common libraries, shared across > > projects. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Manos Batsis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > > > Sent: 26 September 2007 12:41 > > > > To: Maven Users List > > > > Subject: Re: Using maven for JavaScript projects > > > > > > > > > > > > I've worked with Ross Simpson on a Maven Javascript Tools Plugin > > [1]. > > > > Currently the plugin has two reporting mojos, for JSDoc Toolkit and > > > > JSLint respectively. We intent to add support for stuff like JSUnit, > > > > ECMAUnit etc. I just shared the code on CVS two days ago. It needs > > more > > > > work but it is usable. > > > > > > > > For compression you can use the MobilVox Maven JavaScript Plugin > > [2], > > > > works great. I use it myself for sarissa. > > > > > > > > [1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/mvn-jstools > > > > [2] https://sourceforge.net/projects/maven-js-plugin > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Manos > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Harlan Iverson http://blog.devspan.com
