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user1592380

Reputation: 36267

Is flask-assets putting minified files in right directory?

I'm working to modify a cookiecutter Flask app. I'm working locally on WIN7 .

I've set up bower to install the front end dependencies under the static root by using a .bowerrc file in the document root containing:

{ "directory" : "myflaskapp/static/bower_components" }

This cookiecutter uses flask-assets to manage the project assets. Following https://adambard.com/blog/fresh-flask-setup/ I've modified myflaskapp/assets.py file :

from flask_assets import Bundle, Environment
import os

css = Bundle(
    "libs/bootstrap/dist/css/spacelab/bootstrap.css",
    "bower_components/eonasdan-bootstrap-datetimepicker/build/css/bootstrap-datetimepicker.css",
    "css/style.css",
    "css/home.css",
    filters="cssmin",
    output="public/css/common.css"
)

js = Bundle(
    "libs/jQuery/dist/jquery.js",
    "libs/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js",
    "bower_components/moment/moment.js",
    "bower_components/eonasdan-bootstrap-datetimepicker/build/js/bootstrap-datetimepicker.min.js",
    "js/plugins.js",
    filters='jsmin',
    output="public/js/common.js"
)


assets = Environment()

assets.register("js_all", js)
assets.register("css_all", css)

The debug setting is set to false, meaning the assets should be compressed and minified.

Before I send a request:

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After:

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shouldn't the files go in static/public/css and static/public/js

Upvotes: 2

Views: 523

Answers (1)

Robert Kern
Robert Kern

Reputation: 13430

This particular cookiecutter recipe has a public Blueprint that declares that its static files go into the static directory. I'm not sure why the author included empty static/public/{css,js} directories; they are probably just leftovers from an earlier stage of development and were neglected. I've removed the static/public directory in my instantiation of this recipe (well, a similar one with a similar problem) to no harm.

Upvotes: 1

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