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Development and Production modes

Development mode should be optimized for debugging. Production mode should be optimized for rapid loading and minimal impact on the server (ie, GitHub Pages).

Development mode

• External libraries should be loaded as full versions.

• Internal libraries should be compiled into JavaScript on the server.

Production mode

• All libraries should be stored and loaded in minified, catenated format.

Current status

• The external directory contains minified and full versions of most of the external libraries we use.

• The layouts script generates specific layouts, based on _potions/*.yml. It attempts to use the requested type (eg, dev, prod), bailing out if it can’t find the needed information, etc.

• Internal libraries are loaded in full CoffeeScript form and compiled on the client.