blog: Node.JS - Automation with a Makefile

create.sh

$ cd my_project
$ touch Makefile

install.sh

$ [sudo] npm install uglify-js -g
$ [sudo] npm install less -g

make.sh

# CSS Directory
CSS_DIR = assets/css/

# LESS Directory
LESS_DIR = assets/less/

# JS Directory
JS_DIR = assets/js/

# minify CSS with LESSC
css:
  lessc ${LESS_DIR}index.less ${CSS_DIR}main.min.css -compress

# minify JavaScript with UgilifyJS
js:
  uglifyjs -o ${JS_DIR}main.min.js ${JS_DIR}jekyll.js

# start jekyll
run:
  jekyll --server

.PHONY: js css

usage.sh

$ make css
$ make js