Changing up how the static assets are compiled, making a 'css' directory in which individual assets CSS is written and then bundled together meaning that not all assets need to be sent up at once for css bundle to be built.

packages/server/src/api/controllers/application.js

@@ -199,19 +199,19 @@ const createEmptyAppPackage = async (ctx, app) => {
 
   fs.mkdirpSync(newAppFolder)
 
-  const bulkDocs = []
+  let screensAndLayouts = []
   for (let layout of BASE_LAYOUTS) {
     const cloned = cloneDeep(layout)
     cloned._id = generateLayoutID()
     cloned.title = app.name
-    bulkDocs.push(recurseMustache(cloned, app))
+    screensAndLayouts.push(recurseMustache(cloned, app))
   }
 
   const homeScreen = cloneDeep(HOME_SCREEN)
   homeScreen._id = generateScreenID()
-  bulkDocs.push(homeScreen)
+  screensAndLayouts.push(homeScreen)
-  await db.bulkDocs(bulkDocs)
 
-  await compileStaticAssets(app._id)
+  screensAndLayouts = await compileStaticAssets(app._id, screensAndLayouts)
+  await db.bulkDocs(screensAndLayouts)
   return newAppFolder
 }

packages/server/src/api/controllers/layout.js

@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ const compileStaticAssets = require("../../utilities/builder/compileStaticAssets
 
 exports.save = async function(ctx) {
   const db = new CouchDB(ctx.user.appId)
-  const appPackage = ctx.request.body
+  let layout = ctx.request.body
 
-  // remove special doc props which couch will complain about
+  layout._id = layout._id || generateLayoutID()
-  delete appPackage.layout._css
+  layout = await compileStaticAssets(ctx.user.appId, layout)
-  appPackage.layout._id = appPackage.layout._id || generateLayoutID()
+  ctx.body = await db.put(layout)
-  ctx.body = await db.put(appPackage.layout)
-  await compileStaticAssets(ctx.user.appId)
   ctx.status = 200
 }

packages/server/src/api/controllers/screen.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const CouchDB = require("../../db")
 const { getScreenParams, generateScreenID } = require("../../db/utils")
+const compileStaticAssets = require("../../utilities/builder/compileStaticAssets")
 const { AccessController } = require("../../utilities/security/accessLevels")
 
 exports.fetch = async ctx => {
@@ -23,12 +24,12 @@ exports.fetch = async ctx => {
 exports.save = async ctx => {
   const appId = ctx.user.appId
   const db = new CouchDB(appId)
-  const screen = ctx.request.body
+  let screen = ctx.request.body
 
   if (!screen._id) {
     screen._id = generateScreenID()
   }
-  delete screen._css
+  screen = await compileStaticAssets(ctx.user.appId, screen)
   const response = await db.put(screen)
 
   ctx.message = `Screen ${screen.name} saved.`

packages/server/src/utilities/builder/compileStaticAssets.js

@@ -1,66 +1,63 @@
-const { ensureDir, constants, copyFile, writeFile } = require("fs-extra")
+const {
+  ensureDir,
+  constants,
+  copyFile,
+  writeFile,
+  readdir,
+  readFile,
+} = require("fs-extra")
 const { join } = require("../centralPath")
 const { budibaseAppsDir } = require("../budibaseDir")
-const CouchDB = require("../../db")
-const { getScreenParams, getLayoutParams } = require("../../db/utils")
 
-async function getAppPackage(appId) {
+const CSS_DIRECTORY = "css"
-  const db = new CouchDB(appId)
-  let params = {
-    include_docs: true,
-  }
-  let [screens, layouts] = await Promise.all([
-    db.allDocs(getScreenParams(null, params)),
-    db.allDocs(getLayoutParams(null, params)),
-  ])
-  screens = screens.rows.map(row => row.doc)
-  layouts = layouts.rows.map(row => row.doc)
-  if (!screens) {
-    screens = []
-  }
-  if (!layouts) {
-    layouts = []
-  }
-  return { screens, layouts }
-}
 
 /**
  * Compile all the non-db static web assets that are required for the running of
  * a budibase application. This includes CSS, the JSON structure of the DOM and
  * the client library, a script responsible for reading the JSON structure
  * and rendering the application.
- * @param {string} appId - id of the application we want to compile static assets for
+ * @param {string} appId id of the application we want to compile static assets for
+ * @param {array|object} assets a list of screens or screen layouts for which the CSS should be extracted and stored.
  */
-module.exports = async appId => {
+module.exports = async (appId, assets) => {
   const publicPath = join(budibaseAppsDir(), appId, "public")
-  const pkg = await getAppPackage(appId)
-
   await ensureDir(publicPath)
-  await buildCssBundle(publicPath, pkg)
+  for (let asset of Array.isArray(assets) ? assets : [assets]) {
-  await copyClientLib(publicPath)
+    await buildCssBundle(publicPath, asset)
+    await copyClientLib(publicPath)
+    // remove props that shouldn't be present when written to DB
+    if (asset._css) {
+      delete asset._css
+    }
+  }
+  return assets
 }
 
 /**
  * Reads the _css property of all screens and the screen layouts, and creates a singular CSS
  * bundle for the app at <appId>/public/bundle.css
  * @param {String} publicPath - path to the public assets directory of the budibase application
- * @param {Object} pkg - app package information
+ * @param {Object} asset a single screen or screen layout which is being updated
  */
-const buildCssBundle = async (publicPath, pkg) => {
+const buildCssBundle = async (publicPath, asset) => {
+  const cssPath = join(publicPath, CSS_DIRECTORY)
   let cssString = ""
 
-  for (let screen of pkg.screens || []) {
+  // create a singular CSS file for this asset
-    if (!screen._css) continue
+  const assetCss = asset._css ? asset._css.trim() : ""
-    if (screen._css.trim().length === 0) {
+  if (assetCss.length !== 0) {
-      delete screen._css
+    await ensureDir(cssPath)
-      continue
+    await writeFile(join(cssPath, asset._id), assetCss)
-    }
-    cssString += screen._css
   }
 
-  if (pkg.layout._css) cssString += pkg.layout._css
+  // bundle up all the CSS in the directory into one top level CSS file
+  const cssFiles = await readdir(cssPath)
+  for (let filename of cssFiles) {
+    const css = await readFile(filename)
+    cssString += css
+  }
 
-  writeFile(join(publicPath, "bundle.css"), cssString)
+  await writeFile(join(publicPath, "bundle.css"), cssString)
 }
 
 /**