I'm building a web-app framework and I'm looking for a way to compile javascript & css source files at runtime and I'm hoping for some suggestions.
I have used Require.js however the optimizer seems to depend on Node.js or Java/Rhino being installed which isnt ideal as I'd like to keep the dependencies down so that it can be run on any WAMP/LAMP environment (i.e. no Java/rhino or Node needed)
Ideally it would be something which at runtime looks for source updates and complies/minifies the js into a single flat file for instance <script src="js.php">
I have tried php packer however my tests have shown this to cause a bunch of javascript errors whenever I use it also its 6 years old now and doesnt seem to be actively in development.
YUI compressor & Google Closure again to my knowledge require Java.
Any suggestions welcomed!
