Asset

Simple asset workflow for laravel using gulp and blade helpers.

Gulpfile and asset helpers for laravel. This will:

• Compile scss (sass)
• Allow you to concatinate js files with browserify
• Minify scss and js
• Work with LiveReload
• Add cachebusting cashes to each url
• Minify images
• Add artisan asset:watch and artisan asset:build

Installation

Run composer require andheiberg/asset:1.*

Add 'Andheiberg\Asset\AssetServiceProvider', to providers in app/config/app.php

Run php artisan asset:setup

Run php artisan asset:build or php artisan asset:watch

Add the following to you .htaccess or php.ini (add before laravels)

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    # Remove cachebuster hash from request URLs if present
    RewriteRule ^(.+)\.([a-zA-Z\d]+)\.(js|css|png|jpg|gif)$ $1.$3 [L]
</IfModule>

View helpers/Blade helpers

Get cachebuster url to asset.

{{ Asset::url('/assets/css/main.css') }}

@asset('/assets/css/main.css')

// both returns '/assets/css/main.59b29833cff2003c9981ad1359777815.css'

Get cachebuster url to css asset.

{{ Asset::css('main') }}

@css('main')

// both returns '<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/main.59b29833cff2003c9981ad1359777815.css">'

Get cachebuster url to js asset.

{{ Asset::js('main') }}

@js('main')

// both returns '<script src="/assets/js/main.d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e.js"></script>'