lazy-alloy

lazy-alloy is a CoffeeScript & Jade preprocessor for Titanium Alloy Framework.

What does it do?

It makes you write a tiny bit less code. Perhaps also a bit more readable (¿¿¿) code as well.

Compile from sourcefile	To alloy readable output
src/controllers/{{name}}.coffee	app/controllers/{{name}}.js
src/styles/{{name}}.coffee	app/styles/{{name}}.tss
src/views/{{name}}.jade	app/views/{{name}}.xml
src/models/{{name}}.coffee	app/models/{{name}}.js
src/lib/{{name}}.coffee	app/lib/{{name}}.js

Also, it will compile your widgets from src/widgets stored in the following directories.

From	To
src/widgets/{{name}}/controllers/*.coffee	app/widgets/{{name}}/controllers/*.js
src/widgets/{{name}}/styles/*.coffee	app/widgets/{{name}}/styles/*.tss
src/widgets/{{name}}/views/*.jade	app/widgets/{{name}}/views/*.xml

Inspired by coffee-alloy but eventually grew out of its box. Feel free to improve.

Usage

Dependencies

• nodejs
• npm
• titanium (cli)
• alloy
• brain (optional)

Installation

1. Install Titanium Alloy Framework.
2. npm install -g lazy-alloy

Note regarding the *.coffee –> *.tss conversion

The files need to be valid coffee-script objects; thus the first line of these files needs to be a variable assignment like the following

tss =
  ".container":
    backgroundColor: "red"

  "Label":
	width: Ti.UI.SIZE
	height: Ti.UI.SIZE
	color: "#fff"

Its output will look like this:

".container": {
  backgroundColor: "red"
},
"Label": {
  width: Ti.UI.SIZE,
  height: Ti.UI.SIZE,
  color: "#fff"
}

Perhaps something like stylus would be a better fit for this kind of job. Feel free to help us improve this section!

Options

Usage: lazyalloy [COMMAND] [OPTIONS]

Commands:

  compile                Just compile.
  watch                  Watch file changes & compile.
  build <platform>       Run titanium on `platform`
  new                    Setup the lazy-alloy directory structure.
  generate <type> <name> Generate a new (lazy-)alloy type such as a controller.

Options:

  -h, --help                 output usage information
  -V, --version              output the version number
  -p, --platform [platform]  (watch) When done, run titanium on `platform`
  -d, --directory [dirname]  Set source directory (default `src/`)