nodejs bower learning

 

If you are familiar with Java, Bower is a .m2 repository similar to the now popular Maven build system.

 

1. Install bower

 

1. Install the latest version of node.js

2. Install git (and then configure the path)

Use powerShell (similar to cmd) to execute the following command

$ npm install -g bower

 

 

2. Configure the download directory

 

Add a .bowerrc file to the current directory of cmd with the following content:

{
  "directory" : "js/lib"
}

 

Specifies the directory where bower downloads the code

 

 

3. Common commands

 

Generate a bower.json file

bower init

 

 

download jquery

bower install jquery

 

 

View jquery information in bower.json

bower info jquery

 

 

package update

bower update jquery

 

 

Query plugins that contain bootstrap strings

bower search bootstrap

 

 

uninstall package

bower uninstall jquery