Add a dependency to your app

Your app dependencies must be stored in /www/js/lib (js) and /www/css/lib (css).

Bower

Usually, dependencies are fetched with bower (in /bower_components) and added to the libs on build.

For example, backbone is fetched with this command :

bower install --save backbone

Note that bower components are checked in git.

Build

Currently, the build is performed with make build.

For example, Backbone is added in /www/js/lib with this command in the Makefile :

cp bower_components/backbone/backbone.js www/js/lib/

This way, the whole backbone directory isn't added to the assets of the built apps.

To add your own dependency, simply add it to the build-app-dependencies rule in the Makefile.

Require

You can then configure the require path (and optionnaly shim) in js/core.js (see js/core/core-require-conf.js for an example). You'll need to add your dependencies in www/build.js, too, if you want them to be found by r.js.