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Choosing JS build tool

Lately I was tasked to setup a JS based project together with full build and testing automation. Today I'd like to share the build and testing part, as it turned out to be quite interesting problem. In short, we have a little JavaScript library that is designed for browsers. During build it should be packaged from source (e.g. multiple extensively documented files) to several different versions (e.g. bundled with other files, minified, etc.); ran against unit tests and validated with JSLint. Assuming that someone would like to try this library, they might be willing to build and test it as well, so a JS-friendly technology would be a perfect hit, won't it? Ok, so it was time for a little research on what do others use for building their JS libs. Half of the internet seems to be using Makefiles, while the other half is deep in love with Ant. To be specific, jQuery, Bootstrap, Code9 IDE were using make, while for example Dojo and Firebug were on Ant! It's actually quite relie

Google Summer of Code + Eclipse PHP Tools !?

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It's that time of year again when students join open source projects, disrupt the old traditions and bring new ideas into life as part of Google Summer of Code! Last year I was mentoring a great project led by Karol Gusak , which was crossing the edge of Web and desktop developer tools. Karol built Eclipse PDT into Orion web tools , bringing core PHP coding support to cloud. Click to see the video Do you hate how Eclipse PDT works, absolutely can't stand what great feature it's missing, or wondering why it still doesn't integrate with that other awesome technology in your mind? Start thinking and chime in with your ideas on Eclipse PDT email list , post it on ideas wiki or contact me ! I'd be happy to mentor this year again, and I'm on look out for anything cloud mobile revolutionary lego embedded wordpress css javascript php zendframework symfony automotive node mongo and smart tv too.