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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 build:css
Generates any CSS files that require pre-processing inside all available themes. As of this writing, this is an alias for npm run build: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 build:less
Using “npm run build: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 build:less
npm run build: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 build:scss
npm run lessToSass
Converts all less files to sass. Mostly for the VuFind® dev team. By default does bootstrap3 and bootprint3.