launchpad development
The Launchpad JavaScript Build System
Most of the Launchpad JavaScript is bundled, minified, and distributed in one large stand-alone file: launchpad.js.
Adding new JavaScript modules
To add a new JavaScript module simply add a new <script> line to lib/lp/app/templates/base-layout-macros.pt in the large <devmode> JavaScript block. The file you add to the list will be automatically included in the launchpad.js roll-up and used by both the test runner and the LP production site.
Two special scripts, utilities/yui_deps.py and utilities/lp-deps.py, look in lib/lp/app/templates/base-layout-macros.pt for <script> lines. The corresponding minified script files (the version of the file ending with "-min.js") will be added to launchpad.js.
After making your changes you will probably want to run:
$ make clean_js && make jsbuild
Adding a new CSS file
Launchpad combines and minifies all of its CSS files into 'combo.css' before publishing them. You can add a new CSS file to the list by editing buildout-templates/bin/combine-css.in
After making your changes you will probably want to run:
$ make css_combine
