[jira] [Commented] (OFBIZ-11960) Use NPM with gradle to get external JS dependencies

[Nicolas Malin (Jira)]

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Michael Brohl commented on OFBIZ-11960:
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[~adityasharma] do we have a valid use case to have this in the framework codebase?

Wouldn't this not better suited as a plugin?

> Use NPM with gradle to get external JS dependencies
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>                 Key: OFBIZ-11960
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-11960
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: ALL APPLICATIONS
>    Affects Versions: Trunk
>            Reporter: Aditya Sharma
>            Assignee: Aditya Sharma
>            Priority: Trivial
>
> As discussed [here|https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re16808eb5b1084f822c74194d23ca073dea4f4df443184f40f5f58c6%40%3Cdev.ofbiz.apache.org%3E], use gradle-js-plugin to ease out managing the JavaScript dependencies. The Gradle plugin allows us to automatically download the js libraries to the user's system like the Gradle dependencies, so we no longer need to include them with the package. It opens door to all the packages and modules available at [npm registry|https://www.npmjs.com/]. Also, it can be clubbed with Grunt or Gulp implementing tasks to minify external JS and CSS files with the custom ones, see [here|https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin/blob/master/docs/faq.md#how-do-i-run-commands-provided-by-npm-packages].
> 1. Add [gradle-node-plugin|https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin]: Gradle plugin for integrating NodeJS in your build
>  2. Create [NPM|https://www.npmjs.com/] package.json with JS dependencies in webapp
>  3. Use available tasks to install dependencies
>  [https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin/blob/master/docs/usage.md#executing-npm-tasks]
>  [https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin/blob/master/docs/usage.md#configuring-the-plugin]
>  4. Use the downloaded JS files in node_modules, updating the current path of the JS files.

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