Nodefront from Karthik Viswanathan aims to make a front-end developer’s life easier. Built in Node.js, Nodefront bundles a local web server for serving up HTML, CSS, and JavaScript assets and supports live reloading via web sockets. Additionally it ships with a command line interface:
nodefront compile– Compiles Jade and Stylus files to HTML and CSS. Can compile upon modification, serve files on localhost, and even automatically refresh the browser/styles when files are changed.nodefront fetch– Automatically fetches CSS/JS libraries for use in your project. Provides an interactive mode to add new libraries.nodefront insert– Inserts CSS/JS libraries directly into your HTML or Jade files.nodefront minify– Minifies CSS and JS files. Can also optimize JPG and PNG images.
Karthik has put together a twenty minute screencast for a full demonstration.
Check out the project web site or source on GitHub for more.
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