Following up with this thread I started last month. For the first step (hopefully ready by 4.3), I'm planning on getting the SCSS/SASS compiler working with the UI build -> https://github.com/Jasig/sass-maven-plugin. I've experimented with it using the existing CSS in our UI, and it will be pretty easy to use right away, then will gradually refactor over time into a more robust framework. Hopefully I can set up a work-in-progress branch up soon once I've got something tangible.
Amit/Rayees/Frank/anyone else, let me know if you are able to find out if this is fairly easy to setup; I'm not familiar at all with Maven, so will need a fellow expert to help out here :) -Brian -----Original Message----- From: Amit Das [mailto:amit....@cloudbyte.com] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 10:11 PM To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] CSS framework for CloudStack UI Hi Brian, I should be able to help on the build tools part. However, I am new to ACS & ACS UI. So I might take some time to understand the existing build process of ACS UI. We can surely coordinate on this. Regards, Amit *CloudByte Inc.* <http://www.cloudbyte.com/> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Brian Federle <brian.fede...@citrix.com>wrote: > That sounds awesome, though I'm not too much of a guru with either > maven or grunt -- I would be glad to coordinate with anyone who wants > to take that on. > > -Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amit Das [mailto:amit....@cloudbyte.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 10:16 PM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] CSS framework for CloudStack UI > > This is definitely a great idea. > > Will it be feasible to decouple the front-end build from server-side > build as mentioned in the following link: > http://addyosmani.com/blog/making-maven-grunt/ > > > Regards, > Amit Kumar Das > *CloudByte Inc.* <http://www.cloudbyte.com/> > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Ian Duffy <i...@ianduffy.ie> wrote: > > > +1 to that definitely! > > > > > > > The only problem I cannot handle is integrating the SASS compiler > > > (which > > converts .scss->.css) into the UI build phase. I've found a maven > > plugin at https://github.com/Jasig/sass-maven-plugin, so if anyone > > wants to tackle that it would be awesome. > > > > > > Below is a meer suggestion, I've only read about it and never done it. > > I believe you are able to chain grunt into the maven life cycle. > > This would allow us to do various things with the front end code. > > This includes but is not limited to: > > > > - JSHint > > - Unit tests via xyz(suggesting QUnit or Jasmine) framework > > - Static analysis of the javascript with Plato > > - Compiling SASS + LESS > > - Uglifying/Minifying > > - Optimise images(png crush etc.) > > - Dependency management of 3rd party js libs > > > > It would supply us with a bunch nicer build process for the UI > > elements of Cloudstack. However it would add a dependency of nodejs > > to the build process. > > >
