Lazy-alloy NPM

lazy-alloy

lazy-alloy is a CoffeeScript & Jade preprocessor for Titanium Alloy Framework.

##What does it do?

It makes you write a tiny bit less code. Perhaps also a bit more readable (¿¿¿) code as well.

Compile from sourcefile	To alloy readable output
`src/controllers/{{name}}.coffee`	`app/controllers/{{name}}.js`
`src/styles/{{name}}.coffee`	`app/styles/{{name}}.tss`
`src/views/{{name}}.jade`	`app/views/{{name}}.xml`
`src/models/{{name}}.coffee`	`app/models/{{name}}.js`
`src/lib/{{name}}.coffee`	`app/lib/{{name}}.js`

Also, it will compile your widgets from src/widgets stored in the following directories.

From	To
`src/widgets/{{name}}/controllers/*.coffee`	`app/widgets/{{name}}/controllers/*.js`
`src/widgets/{{name}}/styles/*.coffee`	`app/widgets/{{name}}/styles/*.tss`
`src/widgets/{{name}}/views/*.jade`	`app/widgets/{{name}}/views/*.xml`

Inspired by coffee-alloy but eventually grew out of its box. Feel free to improve.

Usage

Dependencies

nodejs
npm
titanium (cli)
alloy
brain (optional)

Installation

Install Titanium Alloy Framework.
npm install -g lazy-alloy

Note regarding the .coffee –> .tss conversion

The files need to be valid coffee-script objects; thus the first line of these files needs to be a variable assignment like the following

tss =
  ".container":
    backgroundColor: "red"

  "Label":
	width: Ti.UI.SIZE
	height: Ti.UI.SIZE
	color: "#fff"

Its output will look like this:

".container": {
  backgroundColor: "red"
},
"Label": {
  width: Ti.UI.SIZE,
  height: Ti.UI.SIZE,
  color: "#fff"
}

Perhaps something like stylus would be a better fit for this kind of job. Feel free to help us improve this section!

###Options Usage: lazyalloy COMMAND

Commands:

  compile                Just compile.
  watch                  Watch file changes & compile.
  build <platform>       Run titanium on `platform`
  new                    Setup the lazy-alloy directory structure.
  generate <type> <name> Generate a new (lazy-)alloy type such as a controller.

Options:

  -h, --help                 output usage information
  -V, --version              output the version number
  -p, --platform [platform]  (watch) When done, run titanium on `platform`
  -d, --directory [dirname]  Set source directory (default `src/`)

AFRICA!