Convert java .properties files to javascript
"JavaScript isn't a great way to store configuration data. That's because the syntax is still that of a programming language, so you need to be sure you haven't introduced syntax errors. If you end up concatenating JavaScript files together, a syntax error in a single line breaks the overall application" ( Nicholas C. Zakas, Maintainable JavaScript, Writing Readable Code, O'Reilly Media, May 2012)
This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1
If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:
npm install grunt-properties --save-dev
Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-properties');
In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named properties
to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig()
.
grunt.initConfig({
properties: {
page_config: {
files: {
'tmp/page_config.js': ['test/fixtures/page_config.properties'],
},
},
page_color_config: {
options: {
namespace: 'mypage'
},
files: {
'tmp/page_color_config.js': ['test/fixtures/page_config.properties', 'test/fixtures/page_color_config.properties'],
},
},
},
})
Type: String
Default value: 'config'
Use a previously defined namespace.
grunt.initConfig({
properties: {
options: {},
files: {
'tmp/page_config.js': ['test/fixtures/page_config.properties'],
},
},
})
grunt.initConfig({
properties: {
page_color_config: {
options: {
namespace: 'mypage'
},
files: {
'tmp/page_color_config.js': ['test/fixtures/page_config.properties', 'test/fixtures/page_color_config.properties'],
},
},
},
})
In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.
- 2013-05-22 v0.1.0 Initial release.
- node-properties-parser
- The awesome project props2js.