README.md

Espresso README

Espresso: The-M-Projects build tools using node.js

Installation

Prerequesites

To install espresso you need Node.js >= 0.4 and either git or npm.

Install via git

Check out the project with git, init the submodules and create an alias. Step-by-step presuming you have a ~/Code

1. Install node.js. see description here

2. cd into Code folder

   cd ~/Code/

3. Checkout Espresso:

   git clone https://github.com/wherewolfNZ/Espresso.git

4. Initialize submodules:

   git submodule update --init

5. Install NPM modules

   npm install

6. Create an alias:

   alias espresso='~/Code/Espresso/bin/espresso.js'

Usage

1. Create a new HelloWorld project:

   espresso init --project HelloWorld --example

2. Build it:

   cd HelloWorld && espresso build

3. Run the development server:

   espresso server

4. Generate new files

   espresso generate -c testcontroller -v testview -m testmodel

This command will generate a new model, a new view and a new controller.

Licensing

All license information about Espresso and used third-party components can be found in the LICENSE file, Or in the concrete third-party component.