> > As Olmo mentioned, this can be optimized via a build step, once you > are done developing, via a tool that is available as part of > RequireJS: > http://requirejs.org/docs/optimization.html > > And I am more than happy to add an adapter to RequireJS that forwards > the array of dependencies to a server process if that helps the > scenarios when a server is available. If you can give me pointers to > the format you need on the server, I can work something out.
For the moment, I'm still going to use Depender as it complies with our current system. I don't categorically oppose something like this as an implementation, but in general, I'm not in favor of it. I'll never use a client-side solution for this problem; it's just too damn slow. And if that's the case, then putting the dependency data inline in the file doesn't make sense if (for my work) a server is always going to be doing the building. But never say never. If there's a portable implementation that comes out from our or CommonJS or whatever that allows me to build my requirements in one request and the rest of the MooTools developer community is onboard, I certainly won't get in the way of it.
