AssetLoader module for ZF2

Introduction

BaconAssetLoader is a module for ZF2 to ease the loading of assets within development from multiple modules. This is not meant for production, as it adds quite a bit of overhead. For deployment this module supplies a CLI script to compile all assets into the public directory of an application.

Usage

To use the module, add it to your application config. After that you must add a listener in the "Module.php" of those modules which contain public assets. A very basic example, assuming your asset directory is called "public", looks like this:

use BaconAssetLoader\Asset\Collection as AssetCollection;
use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent;
use Zend\EventManager\Event;

…

public function onBootstrap(MvcEvent $mvcEvent)
{
    $sm = $mvcEvent->getApplication()->getServiceManager();
    $sm->get('BaconAssetLoader.AssetManager')->getEventManager()->attach(
        'collectAssetInformation',
        function(Event $event) {
            $event->getTarget()->addAssets(new AssetCollection(__DIR__ . '/public'));
        }
    );
}

Publishing assets in your build

When building your project, you likely want to publish all your assets into a single directory later accessible by your web-server. To do this, simply make the following call on your console:

php public/index.php baconassetloader publish-assets public