I forked the last release of jQuery ui from github and modified the code, and now I want to build it to create a piled code like google's code. I see there is a build.xml in the /build directory, which says:

<!--
    jQuery UI Release!

    Call task called 'deploy-release' to build a full release.
    The release built will be stored on 'dist' dir.
-->

I dont know how to call the deploy-release. What should i do to generate the piled javascript file?

I forked the last release of jQuery ui from github and modified the code, and now I want to build it to create a piled code like google's code. I see there is a build.xml in the /build directory, which says:

<!--
    jQuery UI Release!

    Call task called 'deploy-release' to build a full release.
    The release built will be stored on 'dist' dir.
-->

I dont know how to call the deploy-release. What should i do to generate the piled javascript file?

• javascript
• jquery
• build
• google-closure-piler

• what operating system are you on? – Matt Commented May 23, 2011 at 17:59
• under windows but i have cygwin – Gergely Fehérvári Commented May 23, 2011 at 18:06

4 Answers 4

The build.xml file looks like an Ant file to me so try using Ant. Also, in build/release/prepare-release, we see this:

# Run the build
echo "Running build..."
ant

So it using Ant.

Take a look at the documentation for jQuery. The build process is the same for jQuery UI.

The instructions are here

From the root of the jquery-ui repo:

cd build

ant

Currently, you must have Java, Ant, and Node.js installed for it to work. I remend using NVM to install node.

Update: the link above is broken and new build instructions are in the README on github: https://github./jquery/jquery-ui

If you don't like using what the process above...you can minify your JavaScript by cutting-and-pasting right into Google's Closure Compiler.