Aria Templates CDN

Olaf · 9 October 2013 17:48

Following a discussion Julian started a while ago, we've put in place a CDN to serve AT on http://cdn.ariatemplates.com.

Because the framework relies on xhr to fetch its dependencies, the server implements CORS support to allow cross-domain calls.

Now, using the latest version of AT in your project is as simple as including this line in your bootstrap:

<script src="http://cdn.ariatemplates.com/atlatest.js"></script>

Check out the homepage for a description of the service and a few examples.

Julian Descottes · 15 October 2013 09:07

The CDN is a great asset, well done ! And having the rootmap included in the response is actually very helpful, even if I had my doubts before.

and now complaining :
Could we have the list of versions available on the CDN somewhere on the homepage ?

jakub-g · 17 October 2013 12:06

+1 for the list of available versions Wink

Olaf · 17 October 2013 17:54

The homepage has been updated to list the min/max versions available.

Also, the default rootFolderPath is now set to / (and can still be overridden with the URL parameter.)

Julian Descottes · 22 October 2013 14:27

Oops forgot to check the forum for a while.

But that's great, thanks !

Olaf · 31 October 2013 12:12

Aaaaand of course, IE is being a pain. So: IE7 doesn't handle CORS, while IE8/9 require the use of a dedicated object for x-domain Ajax calls (an explanation from MS here.)

I'll add a word in the disclaimer of the cdn homepage for now.

In the long run, it may be interesting to see if we can use the lib Julian found (https://github.com/jpillora/xdomain) and serve this specific code for stupid browsers.

piuccio · 7 November 2013 08:59

This is great!

It's true that it's not for production code, but it would still be nice to enable far-expire caching of files, that anyway are versioned so there'll be no problem caching them for at least one year.

Kudos

Olaf · 13 November 2013 11:12

Indeed, I actually meant to do that from the beginning and forgot. Thanks for the reminder.

Olaf · 15 November 2013 13:14

The CDN now issues proper cache headers (which are reset when there is an update for atlatest.js.)
Also, Benoît suggested this, http://cdn.ariatemplates.com/versions returns a JS object with the current min and max versions served.

Olaf · 21 November 2013 17:16

Normally, as of right now, IE8 should be working fine thanks to this library Julian discovered.

Julian Descottes AT core team member	15 October 2013 09:07
	The CDN is a great asset, well done ! And having the rootmap included in the response is actually very helpful, even if I had my doubts before. and now complaining : Could we have the list of versions available on the CDN somewhere on the homepage ?

jakub-g AT core team member	17 October 2013 12:06
	+1 for the list of available versions

Olaf Administrator	17 October 2013 17:54
	The homepage has been updated to list the min/max versions available. Also, the default rootFolderPath is now set to / (and can still be overridden with the URL parameter.)

Julian Descottes AT core team member	22 October 2013 14:27
	Oops forgot to check the forum for a while. But that's great, thanks !

piuccio Member	7 November 2013 08:59
	This is great! It's true that it's not for production code, but it would still be nice to enable far-expire caching of files, that anyway are versioned so there'll be no problem caching them for at least one year. Kudos

Olaf Administrator	13 November 2013 11:12
	Indeed, I actually meant to do that from the beginning and forgot. Thanks for the reminder.

Olaf Administrator	15 November 2013 13:14
	The CDN now issues proper cache headers (which are reset when there is an update for atlatest.js.) Also, Benoît suggested this, http://cdn.ariatemplates.com/versions returns a JS object with the current min and max versions served. (This post was last modified: 21 November 2013 17:25 by Olaf.)

Olaf Administrator	21 November 2013 17:16
	Normally, as of right now, IE8 should be working fine thanks to this library Julian discovered.