bower
A package manager for the web.

installation

1. get node
brew install node
2. get bower
npm install -g bower
USAGE
GET JQUERY
bower install jquery ... bower cloning git://github.com/components/jquery.git ... bower cached git://github.com/components/jquery.git ... bower fetching jquery ... bower checking out jquery#1.9.1 ... bower copying ~/.bower/cache/jquery/cf68c4c4e7507c8d20fee7b5xxx ... bower installing jquery#1.9.1
What happened?
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Query Twitter's Bower registry
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Find jQuery
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Clone jQuery git repo
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Check out the latest version (git tag)
- Check component.json & resolve any dependencies
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Copy files to local dir
RUBY ON RAILS
ON BOWER

ASSETS AS GEMS?
Kinda sucks.
ಠ_ಠ
- Versioning latency
-
External maintainers
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Boilerplate code
- So many options
http://rubygems.org/search?query=bootstrap
BOWER INNIT
Create .bowerrc file in project root
{
"directory": "vendor/assets/components",
"json": "vendor/assets/components/component.json"
}
Create vendor/assets/components/component.json
{
"dependencies": {
"bootstrap": "~2.3.0"
}
}
Add asset pipeline load path in config/application.rb
config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join('vendor/assets/components')
Run the damn thing
bower install
CAVEAT DEVELOPER
Endpoint must be a git repo
Asset versions must follow semver
Current best practice is to .gitignore components/*
What about deployment?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Options
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Run bower locally, scp results
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Run bower remotely
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Heroku, custom buildpack???
COOL SHIT I DIDNT COVER
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
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Bash autocompletion bower install <pkg>
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register your own bower packages
- use --save to add component.json dependencies
THANKS!
eddie cianci

bower
By eddie cianci
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