[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (RF-13258) Build RichWidgets dist with maven

[Brian Leathem (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-13258?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12813558#comment-12813558 ] 

Brian Leathem commented on RF-13258:
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Some potential build tools to consider:

* [yeoman-maven-plugin|https://github.com/trecloux/yeoman-maven-plugin]
** Pros:
*** Invokes "npm install; bower install; grunt"
** Cons:
*** requires a local npm install
*** imposes a non-traditional folder layout (src tree is fixed, compiled code is not in target)

* [NodeJsMaven|https://github.com/ClearboxSystems/NodeJsMaven]
** Pros:
*** Self-downloads npm
** Cons:
*** Only offers node integration
**** Need to invesitgate running the build via a custom node script

* [nodejs-maven-plugin|https://github.com/sirrapa/nodejs-maven-plugin]
** Pros:
*** Self-downloads npm
** Cons:
*** requires custom maven repositories

* maven-antrun-plugin / exec-maven-plugin
** See this blog for details: http://addyosmani.com/blog/making-maven-grunt/
** Cons
*** Requires a local npm install
                
> Build RichWidgets dist with maven
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>
>                 Key: RF-13258
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-13258
>             Project: RichFaces
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: build/distribution
>            Reporter: Brian Leathem
>             Fix For: 5.0.0.Alpha2
>
>
> Currently RichWidgets keeps it's dist folder in version control to allow RichFaces to consume the compiled widgets.  It would be better if the RichFaces build built the widgets itself, and we could remove the dist folder from RichWidgets version control.

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