closed #1328

minifier.js

@@ -10,31 +10,31 @@ var uglifyjs = require('uglify-js'),
 
 /* Javascript */
 Minifier.js.minify = function (scripts, callback) {
-	// winston.info('[meta/js] Minifying client-side libraries...');
+	try {
 		var minified = uglifyjs.minify(scripts);
-
 		callback(minified.code);
-
-	// winston.info('[meta/js] Done.');
+	} catch(err) {
+		process.send({
+			action: 'error',
+			error: err
+		});
+	}
 };
 
 Minifier.js.concatenate = function(scripts, callback) {
-	// winston.info('[meta/js] Concatenating client-side libraries into one file...');
-
 	async.map(scripts, function(path, next) {
 		fs.readFile(path, { encoding: 'utf-8' }, next);
 	}, function(err, contents) {
 		if (err) {
-			// winston.error('[meta/js] Could not minify javascript! Error: ' + err.message);
-			console.log('ERROR');
-			process.exit();
-		}
-
+			process.send({
+				action: 'error',
+				error: err
+			});
+		} else {
 			callback(contents.reduce(function(output, src) {
 				return output.length ? output + ';\n' + src : src;
 			}, ''));
-
-		// winston.info('[meta/js] Done.');
+		}
 	});
 };
 

src/meta.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	_ = require('underscore'),
 	less = require('less'),
+	fork = require('child_process').fork,
 
 	utils = require('./../public/src/utils'),
 	translator = require('./../public/src/translator'),
@@ -292,6 +293,30 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 				Meta.js.prepared = true;
 				callback();
 			});
+		},
+		minify: function(minify) {
+			// Prepare js for minification/concatenation
+			var	minifier = fork('minifier.js');
+
+			minifier.on('message', function(payload) {
+				if (payload.action !== 'error') {
+					winston.info('[meta/js] Compilation complete');
+					Meta.js.cache = payload.data;
+					minifier.kill();
+				} else {
+					winston.error('[meta/js] Could not compile client-side scripts!');
+					winston.error('[meta/js]   ' + payload.error.message);
+					minifier.kill();
+					process.exit();
+				}
+			});
+
+			this.prepare(function() {
+				minifier.send({
+					action: minify ? 'js.minify' : 'js.concatenate',
+					scripts: Meta.js.scripts
+				});
+			});
 		}
 	};
 

src/webserver.js

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ var path = require('path'),
 	server,
 	winston = require('winston'),
 	async = require('async'),
-	fork = require('child_process').fork,
 
 	emailer = require('./emailer'),
 	db = require('./database'),
@@ -90,28 +89,9 @@ if(nconf.get('ssl')) {
 		winston.info('Using ports 80 and 443 is not recommend; use a proxy instead. See README.md');
 	}
 
+	// Front-end assets
 	plugins.ready(function() {
-		// Prepare js for minification/concatenation
-		var	minifier = fork('minifier.js');
-
-		minifier.on('message', function(payload) {
-			switch(payload.action) {
-				case 'js.minify':	// Intentional fall-through
-				case 'js.concatenate':
-					winston.info('[meta/js] Compilation complete');
-					meta.js.cache = payload.data;
-				break;
-			}
-		});
-
-		meta.js.prepare(function() {
-			minifier.send({
-				action: app.enabled('minification') ? 'js.minify' : 'js.concatenate',
-				scripts: meta.js.scripts
-			});
-		});
-
-		// Minify CSS
+		meta.js.minify(app.enabled('minification'));
 		meta.css.minify();
 	});