im trying to install PhantomJS in a MeteorApp.
I have done those step:
Add the npm package
meteor add meteorhacks:npm
Run meteor to let the npm package to pre-initialise
meteor
A file packages.json has been created at the root. Edit it to:
{
"phantomjs": "1.9.13"
}
A this point everything seem to work. But i try to test with this exemple that ive found here :
https://github.com/gadicc/meteor-phantomjs
But i dont understand where to put my phantomDriver.js
Why is phantomDriver.js is in assets/app/phantomDriver.js... but after, they say to create the file in ./private/phantomDriver.js...
Thank for clear explication :)
In development mode you create the file in /private/phantomDriver.js. When you build a meteor app it refactors everything into an application bundle which can be run.
After meteor builds your app it stores stuff from private into assets. For phantomjs to execute this file it needs to look in this directory. You don't have to create it. This is how meteor works internally.
If you look in your .meteor/local/build/programs/server directory the assets directory is there with anything you placed in private.
From the context of where your meteor code runs (the server directory above) the assets directory runs from this directory when your project is running.
Keep in mind when you deploy your app it loses its entire project structure and becomes something else. Gadi's phantomjs project is designed to work in production environments too.
TLDR; Don't worry about the assets directory, keep your file in /private/phantomDriver.js. Meteor should take care of the rest.
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When running firebase deploy --only functions the file lib/index.js is never updated and keeps the old version. Any idea why?
It worked the first time, but the first version of the file is kept and it never updates anymore...
Thanks!
I had the same issue (although using typescript), in my case what happened was:
I added external dependencies in the tsconfig.json, such as ../shared
this changed the lib folder structure and lib/index.js has been moved to lib/functions/src/index.js
however the main entry point in the package.json was still pointing to the old lib/index.js which was still there.
To fix:
delete lib folder
change the main entry in the tsconfig.json accordingly to new lib structure
My best guess right now: my code as an error. When I simplify the code, deployment works.
Due to install Graphicsmagick at Meteor Up Docker, I need to edit the start.sh (link this: Meteor Up Docker and Graphicsmagick).
I done that at the server and works, but every time I run mupx deploy, my /opt/<appName>/config/start.sh file change to original. I need to change the start.sh template, but I don't know how to do that, how can I change it?
You have to change the file from your local meteor-up template. not sure about mupx, it might be in your global .npm installation folder.
I'm using kadira meteor-up so mine is located at the git cloned folder.
I am completely new to all this, 'Bower' and 'Gulp' and Laravel 'Elixir'. I purchased a template that uses them (unfortunately) and now I need some help on how to go about implementing them. I have already installed NPM and Bower. All my packages have been downloaded into:
resources > assets > vendor
This is a screenshot:
Now my question is how do I include all those packages I downloaded in my view? From my understanding I can't run less files directly in the browser, it only runs once due to 'browser caching' or something like that, also the JS scripts are just too many to include in my page.
I want a way where I can work on my files and have them automatically compiled with the compiled files being referenced in my app.php file.
This is a link to the GulpJS file included in my template: http://pastebin.com/3PSN6NZY
You do not need to compile every time someone visits. The compiled sass/js should be run in dev and then the output files referenced.
If you have gulp installed on the project, you should see a gulp.js file in the root of your project. If not, visit here for instructions:
Gulp/Elixer installation and setup
In your gulp.js file:
var elixir = require('laravel-elixir');
elixir(function(mix) {
mix.less([
'app.less',
'normalize.less',
'some-other-less.less',
'and-another.less'
]);
mix.scripts(['app.js', 'some-other-js.js'], 'public/js/output-file.js');
});
While in development you can run gulp watch from the command line to listen for changes and run compile tasks when it hears a change. Then you simply reference the output files in the public directory as you normally would.
If you don't want to listen, you can just run the gulp command for a single once-off task run.
The docs are pretty straight forward and can be found here:
Gulp/Elixer docs
How can I create a copy of my entire local meteor application? I was expecting a command like "meteor clone myapp" but couldn't find any documentation and simply copying the folder doesn't work.
You could use git to clone the whole thing.
If you aren't familiar with git see this reference. http://gitref.org/creating/
In windows, you can copy and paste the entire project directory and go into .meteor/local directory and delete everything in that directory except the db directory. Then start the meteor server on the new project directory, with everything deleted in the .meteor/local directory, meteor will rebuild the project without altering the logic of your application.
In my meteor project I want to use gulp for tasks meteor doesn't support.
Anyway, the problem is that gulp uses a file called gulpfile.js which is loaded by meteor too and gives errors. So my question is, is there a way to tell meteor to ignore some files ?
UPDATE: One solution I can think of is to put gulpfile.js in the folder packages or public and run gulp as follows
$> gulp --gulpfile packages/gulpfile.js
UPDATE: Just noticed that meteor also seems to load node_modules files :(
Unfortunately, in the current release there's no way to tell Meteor to leave certain files alone, so you cannot have gulpfile.js in your main app folder.
You can, however, leave it in an ignored subfolder. Meteor ignores files and directories that ends with tilde ~, the /tests directory and all private files (those beginning with a dot .). So you can create a folder named for example gulp~ and use it for your gulp-related stuff.
The same holds for node_modules folder, you cannot have it in your application, and you shouldn't. If you want to use a node package in your Meteor application, you can do this with npm package.
Add it to your project with mrt add npm command.
Then create packages.json file with a list of all required packages, for example:
{
"something": "1.5.0",
"something-else": "0.9.11"
}
Afterwards, include your package with Meteor.require:
var something = Meteor.require('something');
If you want to use a node package in your gulp tasks, install it inside the ignored directory.