#Express-Handlebars-Less-Jasmine-NodeUnit Project Template This is a project template for using the Express web framework with Handlebar views and Less stylesheets. Browser unit testing is implemented by Karma and Jasmine. Server unit testing is implemented with NodeUnit.

##Features

• Production mode
  • Minifies Less files to single file
  • Minifies JavaScript files to a single file using r.js and almond.js
  • Caches Handlebars files in memory
• Development mode
  • Just hit refresh while editing JavaScript, Less, or Handlebars to see changes in the browser
  • uses Require.js AMD loader

##Directory Structure

+-- bin
|   +-- www             //node start point
|
+-- build           //container for files generated during execution, will be hosted by express
|   +-- coverage        //jasmine coverage reports
|   +-- javascript      //minified javascript
|   +-- stylesheets     //compiled less
|
+-- public          //public folder, will be hosted by express, will be hosted by express
|   +-- javascript      //browser javascript code
|   +-- stylesheets     //LESS and CSS
|
+-- routes          //url routing
|
+-- test            //test cases
|   +--browser          //karma-jasmine tests
|   +--server           //NodeUnit tests
|
+-- views           //Handlebars templates
|   +-- layouts         //layout templates
|   +-- partials        //partial templates
|
+--app.js           //main application

##Commands These commands are for Windows, they will need to be modified for Linux/Mac.

####Install npm install

####Run in production mode set NODE_ENV=production && set PORT=80 && node bin\www PORT is optional, defaults to 3000:

set NODE_ENV=production && node bin\www

####Run in development mode on port 3000 set NODE_ENV=development && node bin\www

####Run Jasmine tests node node_modules\karma\bin\karma start

####Run NodeUnit tests node node_modules\nodeunit\bin\nodeunit test\server