There's a lot that confuses me too about how to get this to work with tomcat:run. For example, if I am in development mode, I actually want to use the uncompressed javascript files for the same reason you said - it'll be better to debug and reason about the code. But I'd also like to test the production profile I made just to make sure everything continues to work after the files are compressed. I don't want to just "trust it" ;) At least not until I feel really comfortable with everything and I know it all will just work.
Essentially, my goal is to have an easy programming model where I can create and edit javascript files and test them when my application is run via tomcat in development mode, but then I want the application to use the all.js when the application is running in tomcat in production mode. Ken On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Ken Egervari <ken.egerv...@gmail.com>wrote: > I tried to bind this to the prepare-package phase actually, but the > copying of the webapp resources directory to the target directory still > occurs after the yui:compress goal. Am I missing something? Setting the > phase to process-resources actually runs the yui:compress goal before the > compilation step. > > One idea I have to fix this is maybe put the javascript in > src/main/scripts and then compress everything to src/main/webapp/scripts... > that way the package goal treats the regular source path as the final > product. The real drawback to this though is that I won't be able to test > my development javascript code anymore - I'd have to run the yui:compressgoal > EVERY time I make a change to the css and javascript - that's just too > much of hassle for me. > > I'd also like to get functionality to work with the tomcat:run goal as > well. Am I trying to get this to work with too much? > > Thanks for the assistance! > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Olivier Lamy <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > >> and bind the yui compressor to prepare-package phase. >> As it js files will be compressed only when you will package your war >> for deployment on target servlet container. >> So js files won't be change using tomcat:run (IMHO better to have real >> js files for debugging purpose). >> >> 2011/12/2 Robert Scholte <rfscho...@codehaus.org>: >> > >> > You could keep the names of the files the same (so without the -min >> postfix), so modifications are picked up immediately. >> > >> > >> > >> > -Robert >> > >> > >> >> From: jeffma...@jeffmaury.com >> >> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:16:01 +0100 >> >> Subject: Fwd: YUI Compressor Maven plugin executed at wrong time and >> tomcat plugin not using yui-compressor output >> >> To: users@maven.apache.org >> >> >> >> By default, the compress goal of the YUI maven plugin is bound to the >> >> process-resources phase. >> >> So, you need to bind it to another phase after the war plugin has >> produced >> >> the war directory structure the Tomcat plugin will use. >> >> I recommand you also customize the outputDirectory parameter of the YUI >> >> maven plugin because the default value does not comply with the >> standard >> >> Maven War directory layout. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Jeff MAURY >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> >> From: fe.character.guide <fe.character.gu...@gmail.com> >> >> Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:17 AM >> >> Subject: YUI Compressor Maven plugin executed at wrong time and tomcat >> >> plugin not using yui-compressor output >> >> To: users@maven.apache.org >> >> >> >> >> >> Hello everyone! >> >> >> >> I'm trying to get some basic maven build processes configured correctly >> >> with my Java project, and beyond Stackoverflow, I'm not sure >> >> where else to turn. >> >> >> >> I'd like to compress all of my javascript files and aggregate them >> using >> >> YUICompressor, and I saw that there was a maven plugin to allow me to >> do >> >> this. I got it working for the most part. >> >> >> >> I am also using the Mojo tomcat plugin as well. When i go to run the >> >> tomcat:run goal, tomcat does not read from the target's output >> >> directory (this is where the YUI compressor put my javascript files) - >> but >> >> rather, it reads from the actual source files in my "src/main/ >> >> webapp/scripts" directory. Of course, the aggregated javascript file >> >> (all.js) is not there. This makes sense, but is a big problem for me. >> >> >> >> I have a few questions. >> >> >> >> 1. How can I get the tomcat plugin to read the target's output folder >> that >> >> the yui compressor plugin created? >> >> >> >> 2. Do I have to run the yui compressor maven goal every time I want to >> >> update my javascript files during development while my tomcat instance >> is >> >> running? >> >> >> >> 3. How can tell Maven that I want to run the YUI compressor AFTER Maven >> >> copies over the `src/main/webapp` directory? Currently, Maven runs the >> YUI >> >> compressor, but then overwrites all of the compressed css and >> javascript >> >> files with the original source files, defeating the purposes of >> compressing >> >> them ;) >> >> >> >> 4. Is there a better way to achieve my objective rather than using the >> YUI >> >> compressor? Essentially, my end goal is to be able to develop >> JavaScript >> >> code in separate files and test my source files in development mode >> without >> >> having to aggregate them... but I want to compress and aggregate the >> files >> >> and use the `all.js` script when the application is running in >> production >> >> mode. >> >> >> >> While the Rails people have certainly figured this out, this seems to >> be a >> >> non-trivial thing to do with Maven and Spring. >> >> I would appreciate any and all assistance on how I can get this running >> >> correctly. Thanks! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> "Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually >> >> working and scaling. >> >> - Bjarne Stroustrup >> >> >> >> http://www.jeffmaury.com >> >> http://riadiscuss.jeffmaury.com >> >> http://www.twitter.com/jeffmaury >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Olivier Lamy >> Talend: http://coders.talend.com >> http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> >
