Javascript - Bouwer (Package manager)

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Installation on Windows

install git with the option “Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt”. Bower is built on top of Git.
install node.Js. It comes with the node package manager (npm).

install bower

npm install -g bower

C:\Users\NicolasGERARD\AppData\Roaming\npm\bower -> C:\Users\NicolasGERARD\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\bin\bower
[email protected] C:\Users\NicolasGERARD\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower

Package

Search

bower search <query>

Install

Syntax:

bower install <package>#<version>

Installed packages will be stored in the bower_components directory which is:

of defined in the .bowerrc configuration file
of just a sub folder of the working directory (ie where the bower program was executed)

Example with Jquery:

bower install jquery

? May bower anonymously report usage statistics to improve the tool over time? Y (Y/n)
? May bower anonymously report usage statistics to improve the tool over time? Yes
bower not-cached    git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#*
bower resolve       git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#*
bower download      https://github.com/jquery/jquery/archive/2.1.4.tar.gz
bower extract       jquery#* archive.tar.gz
bower resolved      git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#2.1.4
bower install       jquery#2.1.4

jquery#2.1.4 bower_components\jquery

Use

With the script element

<script src="bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>

Update

bower update # update all packages
bower update <package> # update one packages

Save

Packages are defined by a manifest file bower.json.

bower init will create it interactively.

bower init

Command

http://bower.io/docs/api/

Cache

bower cache list

d3=git://github.com/mbostock/d3.git#3.5.6
jquery=git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#2.1.4