added new --from-file flag that will load js/css from the precompiled file instead of recompiling it on startup

minifier.js

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ var uglifyjs = require('uglify-js'),
 /* Javascript */
 Minifier.js.minify = function (scripts, relativePath, minify, callback) {
 	var options = {
-		compress: false
+		compress: false,
+		sourceMapURL: '/nodebb.min.js.map',
+		outSourceMap: 'nodebb.min.js.map',
+		sourceRoot: relativePath
 	};
 
 	scripts = scripts.filter(function(file) {
@@ -22,9 +25,6 @@ Minifier.js.minify = function (scripts, relativePath, minify, callback) {
 	});
 
 	if (!minify) {
-		options.sourceMapURL = '/nodebb.min.js.map';
-		options.outSourceMap = 'nodebb.min.js.map';
-		options.sourceRoot = relativePath;
 		options.mangle = false;
 		options.prefix = 1;
 	}

src/meta.js

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	};
 
 	Meta.reload = function(callback) {
+		console.log('reloading');
 		async.series([
 			async.apply(plugins.clearRequireCache),
 			async.apply(plugins.reload),
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				async.parallel([
 					async.apply(Meta.js.minify, false),
 					async.apply(Meta.css.minify),
+					async.apply(Meta.sounds.init),
 					async.apply(Meta.templates.compile),
 					async.apply(auth.reloadRoutes),
 					function(next) {
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				], next);
 			}
 		], function(err) {
+			console.log('yaaa I am here', err);
 			if (!err) {
 				emitter.emit('nodebb:ready');
 			}

src/meta/css.js

@@ -99,6 +99,30 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 		});
 	};
 
+	Meta.css.getFromFile = function(callback) {
+		var cachePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../public/stylesheet.css'),
+			acpCachePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../public/admin.css');
+		fs.exists(cachePath, function(exists) {
+			if (exists) {
+				if (!cluster.isWorker || process.env.cluster_setup === 'true') {
+					winston.info('[meta/css] (Experimental) Reading stylesheets from file');
+					async.map([cachePath, acpCachePath], fs.readFile, function(err, files) {
+						Meta.css.cache = files[0];
+						Meta.css.acpCache = files[1];
+
+						emitter.emit('meta:css.compiled');
+						callback();
+					});
+				} else {
+					callback();
+				}
+			} else {
+				winston.warn('[meta/css] (Experimental) No stylesheets found on disk, re-minifying');
+				Meta.css.minify.apply(Meta.css, arguments);
+			}
+		});
+	};
+
 	function minify(source, paths, destination, callback) {	
 		var	parser = new (less.Parser)({
 				paths: paths

src/meta/js.js

@@ -208,6 +208,30 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 		});
 	};
 
+	Meta.js.getFromFile = function(minify, callback) {
+		var scriptPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../public/nodebb.min.js'),
+			mapPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../public/nodebb.min.js.map');
+		fs.exists(scriptPath, function(exists) {
+			if (exists) {
+				if (!cluster.isWorker || process.env.cluster_setup === 'true') {
+					winston.info('[meta/js] (Experimental) Reading client-side scripts from file');
+					async.map([scriptPath, mapPath], fs.readFile, function(err, files) {
+						Meta.js.cache = files[0];
+						Meta.js.map = files[1];
+
+						emitter.emit('meta:js.compiled');
+						callback();
+					});
+				} else {
+					callback();
+				}
+			} else {
+				winston.warn('[meta/js] (Experimental) No script file found on disk, re-minifying');
+				Meta.js.minify.apply(Meta.js, arguments);
+			}
+		});
+	};
+
 	function getPluginScripts(callback) {
 		plugins.fireHook('filter:scripts.get', [], function(err, scripts) {
 			if (err) {

src/meta/sounds.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var path = require('path'),
 	rimraf = require('rimraf'),
 	mkdirp = require('mkdirp'),
 	async = require('async'),
+	cluster = require('cluster'),
 
 	plugins = require('../plugins'),
 	db = require('../database');
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 
 	Meta.sounds = {};
 
-	Meta.sounds.init = function() {
+	Meta.sounds.init = function(callback) {
+		if (cluster.isWorker && process.env.cluster_setup === 'true') {
 			var	soundsPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../public/sounds');
 
 			plugins.fireHook('filter:sounds.get', [], function(err, filePaths) {
@@ -47,9 +49,18 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 						} else {
 							winston.error('[sounds] Could not initialise sounds: ' + err.message);
 						}
+
+						if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+							callback();
+						}
 					});
 				});
 			});
+		} else {
+			if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+				callback();
+			}
+		}
 	};
 
 	Meta.sounds.getFiles = function(callback) {

src/meta/templates.js

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Templates.compile = function(callback) {
 					if (paths[partial] && relativePath !== partial) {
 						file = file.replace(regex, fs.readFileSync(paths[partial]).toString());
 					} else {
-						winston.warn('[themes] Partial not loaded: ' + matches[1]);
+						winston.warn('[meta/templates] Partial not loaded: ' + matches[1]);
 						file = file.replace(regex, "");
 					}
 				}
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ Templates.compile = function(callback) {
 				fs.writeFile(path.join(viewsPath, relativePath), file, next);
 			}, function(err) {
 				if (err) {
-					winston.error('[themes] ' + err.stack);
+					winston.error('[meta/templates] ' + err.stack);
 				} else {
 					compileIndex(viewsPath, function() {
-						winston.info('[themes] Successfully compiled templates.');
+						winston.info('[meta/templates] Successfully compiled templates.');
 						emitter.emit('templates:compiled');
 						if (callback) {
 							callback();

src/webserver.js

@@ -46,12 +46,11 @@ if(nconf.get('ssl')) {
 
 	// Preparation dependent on plugins
 	plugins.ready(function() {
-		meta.js.minify(app.enabled('minification'));
-		meta.css.minify();
-
-		if (cluster.isWorker && process.env.cluster_setup === 'true') {
-			meta.sounds.init();
-		}
+		async.parallel([
+			async.apply(!nconf.get('from-file') ? meta.js.minify : meta.js.getFromFile, app.enabled('minification')),
+			async.apply(!nconf.get('from-file') ? meta.css.minify : meta.css.getFromFile),
+			async.apply(meta.sounds.init)
+		]);
 	});
 
 	async.parallel({