UIZE JavaScript Framework

2009 NEWS 2009-03-14 - Improved Build Scripts

The various build scripts that are bundled with the UIZE JavaScript Framework download (used for the UIZE Web site project, and that you can use in your own Web site projects to automate certain build tasks) have been improved in a number of ways.

The build script JavaScript files that are located in the root folder of the UIZE Web site project are now all named with the prefix _build-. This results in them being grouped together in a folder listing and provides clearer organization.
The new _build-env.json file provides a means for configuring build environment variables that can be shared by the various build scripts, and allows the build scripts to be tailored to a particular Web site project without having to modify the build scripts, themselves.
It is now possible to easily do dry runs of the build scripts, simply by setting the new dryRun build environment variable to true.
The new _build-strings-audit-report.js build script recurses through all folders of a Web site project, harvests all the string literals from JavaScript files, filters them into different buckets depending on their likelihood of internationalizability, and produces a report with summaries for all the JavaScript files. This build script can be useful when internationalizing the JavaScript files of a Web site project.

For more information about build scripts, consult the guide JavaScript Build Scripts.