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connect-assets production setup for heroku
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express.coffee
prodAssetHelpers = require("./middleware/prod_asset_helpers")
if app.get('env') == 'production'
app.use express.static(path.join(__dirname, "/../public"), maxAge: constant.one_week)
prodAssetHelpers(app, path.join(__dirname, "/../public"))
else
app.use express.static(path.join(__dirname, "/../public"), maxAge: constant.one_second)
app.use connectAssets(paths: [ "public/css", "public/js" ], helperContext: app.locals, build: false)
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package.json
{
"scripts": {
"install": "./node_modules/.bin/connect-assets -i public/js public/css -c styles* application.js -o public/assets -gz"
}
}
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prod_asset_helpers.coffee
module.exports = (app, asset_path) ->
manifest = require asset_path+"/assets/manifest.json"
app.locals.js = (file) -> '<script src="/assets/'+manifest.assets[file+'.js']+'"></script>'
app.locals.css = (file) -> '<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/'+manifest.assets[file+'.css']+'"/>'
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crueber commented Mar 7, 2015

...because I got tired of a kludged together setup. Keep in mind that the install script has to be customized to your environment. I never got wildcards to work for my less files for some reason, without putting it at the end of the filename. If anyone has any thoughts, I'd welcome them.

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