[jira] [Commented] (OFBIZ-11960) Use NPM with gradle to get external JS dependencies

["Jacques Le Roux (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jacques Le Roux commented on OFBIZ-11960:
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There is a reference to jquery-ui-timepicker-addon in themes.adoc. I let it like that, I guess users are able to find their way.

> Use NPM with gradle to get external JS dependencies
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFBIZ-11960
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-11960
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: ALL APPLICATIONS
>    Affects Versions: Trunk, Upcoming Branch
>            Reporter: Aditya Sharma
>            Assignee: Jacques Le Roux
>            Priority: Trivial
>
> As discussed [here|https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re16808eb5b1084f822c74194d23ca073dea4f4df443184f40f5f58c6%40%3Cdev.ofbiz.apache.org%3E], use gradle-js-plugin to ease out managing the JavaScript dependencies. The Gradle plugin allows us to automatically download the js libraries to the user's system like the Gradle dependencies, so we no longer need to include them with the package. It opens door to all the packages and modules available at [npm registry|https://www.npmjs.com/]. Also, it can be clubbed with Grunt or Gulp implementing tasks to minify external JS and CSS files with the custom ones, see [here|https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin/blob/master/docs/faq.md#how-do-i-run-commands-provided-by-npm-packages].
> 1. Add [gradle-node-plugin|https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin]: Gradle plugin for integrating NodeJS in your build
>  2. Create [NPM|https://www.npmjs.com/] package.json with JS dependencies in webapp
>  3. Use available tasks to install dependencies
>  [https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin/blob/master/docs/usage.md#executing-npm-tasks] 
>  [https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin/blob/master/docs/usage.md#configuring-the-plugin]
>  4. Use the downloaded JS files in node_modules, updating the current path of the JS files.



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