Introductions
Meteor is a hot new Node-based web development framework.
Blade is a templating language based on Jade, which is a bit similar to Haml.
Windows 8 is an operating system that no one but me likes.
Installation
I'm assuming you're already up and running with Node.
Meteor isn't officially supported on Windows yet, so you have to install it a bit differently than suggested on their docs. Fortunately, someone has created an .msi installer for us. Run it.
If you haven't done so:
npm install -g bladeIf npm isn't a registered command, check your Start Screen for "Node.js Command Prompt" and use that instead of the standard cmd.exe. It should have all the paths set up correctly for you.
Now find your npm/node_modules/blade and Meteor/packages folders. Mine are located at C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\blade and C:\Program Files (x86)\Meteor\packages, respectively.
Inside the node_modules/blade folder there should be another folder called meteor. Copy and paste this in-place to make a duplicate, then rename your copy to blade. We want to rename it before we move it because there is a folder in the Meteor packages called meteor already. Now cut and paste your new folder into Meteor/packages.
Now go into npm/node_modules/blade/lib and copy all the files inside there into your newly created Meteor/packages/blade.
Now edit Meteor/packages/blade/package.js and change this line:
blade = require('../../packages/blade/node_modules/blade');To point to the proper Node module, e.g.,
blade = require('C:/Users/Mark/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/blade');That's it.
Adding Blade to Your Meteor Project
Just cd into your project folder and run:
meteor add bladeUsage is explained on the official Blade wiki.
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