Bixbite Project Initializer

Bixbite creates a project structure optimal for client-side development.

Downloads the latest versions of Google Ajax API Libraries
Uses LABjs for parallelized script management
Allows full use of PHP includes for shared module management
Bundles a customized PHP Minify package for on-the-fly compression tests
Dynamic to static publishing eliminates server-side dependencies on delivery

Additionally, Bixbite includes rake tasks to automatically:

Create new page templates & associated JS/CSS files
Prepare files for deployment
Generate NaturalDocs-compliant documentation
Compress PNG files using PNGout
Gracefully degrade 24-bit PNG files for Internet Explorer 6
Deliver compressed versions of CSS & JavaScript files
Add new files, remove outdated files from Subversion
Generate diff reports for each delivery

Installing

Install the gem:

gem install bixbite

Usage

Generating a Bixbite template

Run the Bixbite gem to generate a new template:

bixbite "The Foo Project" FOO

This command will generate a template with a project name of "The Foo Project" and support files (JS/PHP) using the FOO namespace.

You may also specify arguments when invoked. Via bixbite --help:

--js-lib [ARG]: use specified JavaScript library (options: jQuery, YUI, MooTools)
--source-directory [ARG]: override bundled template with user-defined template

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