[aerogear-dev] AeroGear Build and Dependency Management

[Karel Piwko]

I like the idea, so +1.

On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 11:15:05 -0500
Kris Borchers <kris at redhat.com> wrote:

> As AeroGear.js gets larger and more complex, it makes sense to revisit our
> build strategy as well as our dependency management strategy since that
> affects the build.
> 
> I was thinking, and after discussing with Luke I believe he agrees, that we
> should investigate the use of AMD (Asynchronous Module Definition). What this
> provides for us is:
> 
> Better modularization between the pieces of code in AeroGear.js
> Better dependency management by specifically defining those dependencies in
> each module A better base for our custom build process
> 
> I think all of those reasons point to the need for this implementation. That
> being said, it doesn't come without a cost. We would need to reorganize the
> repo and modify each file to make it a proper AMD module. This will take time
> but I think it is time well spent.
> 
> I would be glad to hear if anyone has any thoughts or concerns around this.