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NPM Scripts
NPM is a Javascript and Node.js package manager and task runner. Starting with VuFind® 9.0, it has been configured to run several tasks for front end manipulation and packaging. Earlier VuFind® releases relied on Grunt.
To setup NPM to run, first install node and run “npm install” to install all the dependencies in package.json.
npm run css
Generates any CSS files that require pre-processing inside all available themes. As of this writing, this is an alias for npm run less, but as VuFind® evolves, if we migrate to different technologies, we plan to maintain this alias, so your development routines will not be disrupted.
npm run less
Using “npm run css” instead is recommended; see above.
Compiles all less files into a compressed css file. This script will detect themes inside of your themes directory and build the proper paths for you.
To use:
npm run less
npm run scss
Compiles all sass files into a compressed css file. This script will detect themes inside of your themes directory and build the proper paths for you.
npm run scss
npm run lessToSass
Converts all less files to sass. Mostly for the VuFind® dev team. By default does bootstrap3 and bootprint3.