First, install node and npm: http://nodejs.org/#download
Then
$ npm install spm -g
Get all compatible modules in the sea:
$ mkdir libs
$ cd libs
$ spm install all
Only get a specific module:
$ spm install jquery@1.7.1
For more details:
$ spm help install
Compress a module file:
$ spm build a.js
Compress and combine to one file with dependencies:
$ spm build a.js --combine
Compress and combine to one file with all dependencies:
$ spm build a.js --combine_all
Remove built files:
$ spm build --clear
You can define build-config.js to specify more information:
build-config.js:
module.exports = {
"base_path": "/path/to/libs/",
"app_url": "http://test.com/js/app/",
"app_path": "/path/to/app/",
"loader_config": "path/to/init.js"
};
For all options, please call:
$ spm help build
Add this line:
. /usr/local/lib/node_modules/spm/bin/spm-autocomplete.bash
to your .bash_profile can enable auto completion for spm.
You can use transport to wrap custom modules:
$ cd path/to/modules
$ mkdir xxx
$ cp jquery/transport.js xxx/
$ vi xxx/transport.js # modify it
$ spm transport xxx/transport.js
To use spm from JavaScript, you'd do the following:
var spm = require('spm');
var build = new spm.Build(['a.js', 'b.js'], {
combine: true
});
build.run();