committing of compiled js and css to file on startup

.gitignore

@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ pidfile
 # templates
 /public/templates
 /public/sounds
+
+# compiled files
+/public/stylesheet.css
+/public/admin.css
+/public/nodebb.min.js
+/public/nodebb.min.js.map

src/meta/css.js

@@ -63,10 +63,21 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 					minify(acpSource, paths, 'acpCache', next);
 				}
 			], callback);
-
 		});
 	};
 
+	Meta.css.commitToFile = function(filename) {
+		winston.info('[meta/css] Committing stylesheet (' + filename + ') to disk');
+		fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../public/' + (filename === 'acpCache' ? 'admin' : 'stylesheet') + '.css'), Meta.css[filename], function(err) {
+			if (!err) {
+				winston.info('[meta/css] Stylesheet (' + filename + ') committed to disk.');
+			} else {
+				winston.error('[meta/css] ' + err.message);
+				process.exit(0);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
 	function minify(source, paths, destination, callback) {	
 		var	parser = new (less.Parser)({
 				paths: paths
@@ -104,6 +115,10 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 
 			winston.info('[meta/css] Done.');
 			emitter.emit('meta:css.compiled');
+
+			// Save the compiled CSS in public/ so things like nginx can serve it
+			Meta.css.commitToFile(destination);
+
 			if (typeof callback === 'function') {
 				callback();
 			}

src/meta/js.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var winston = require('winston'),
 	os = require('os'),
 	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	cluster = require('cluster'),
+	fs = require('fs'),
 
 	plugins = require('../plugins'),
 	emitter = require('../emitter'),
@@ -148,6 +149,9 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 							cache: minifiedString,
 							map: mapString
 						});
+
+						// Save the minfile in public/ so things like nginx can serve it
+						Meta.js.commitToFile();
 					}
 
 					if (typeof callback === 'function') {
@@ -209,6 +213,21 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 		}
 	};
 
+	Meta.js.commitToFile = function() {
+		winston.info('[meta/js] Committing minfile to disk');
+		async.parallel([
+			async.apply(fs.writeFile, path.join(__dirname, '../../public/nodebb.min.js'), Meta.js.cache),
+			async.apply(fs.writeFile, path.join(__dirname, '../../public/nodebb.min.js.map'), Meta.js.map)
+		], function (err) {
+			if (!err) {
+				winston.info('[meta/js] Client-side minfile and mapping committed to disk.');
+			} else {
+				winston.error('[meta/js] ' + err.message);
+				process.exit(0);
+			}
+		});
+	};
+
 	function getPluginScripts(callback) {
 		plugins.fireHook('filter:scripts.get', [], function(err, scripts) {
 			if (err) callback(err, []);