fine-uploader example traditional build - fine-uploader

Question

So, I'm trying to evaluate fine-uploader. I decided to go to the download page, but it wants you to purchase a license, but I don't want to do that until after I've evaluated it. So, I went to github and downloaded the master zip for it and unzipped. My question is now what? The so-called "step-by-step" are not step-by-step. Am I supposed to build something? The documentation states I just need to include one file....which file? In the demos, for traditional use, i see it includes fineuploader-{VERSION}.js, but I see no file that even starts with "fineuploader" in the subdirectory of "client/js/*".
Am I just missing the documentation for this completely?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Following Bjørn Børresen's answer, the official documentation (which is severely lacking) and some troubleshooting, I was successfull on Ubuntu 13.10 with the following commands:
sudo apt-get install npm git
sudo npm install -g npm
sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
sudo npm install -g bower
git clone https://github.com/Widen/fine-uploader.git
cd fine-uploader
npm install http://github.com/e-jigsaw/grunt/tarball/fix-underscore-string-version
bower install
sudo npm install -g
npm install grunt
npm install
grunt package

Answer 2

You'll need git, NPM, Grunt & Bower.
Assuming you have git, if not install it. Then navigate to http://nodejs.org/ and INSTALL NodeJS.
From the command line:
npm install -g grunt-cli
npm install -g bower
git clone git#github.com:Widen/fine-uploader.git
cd fine-uploader
bower install
npm install -g
grunt

Answer 3

These are the steps that worked for me on Windows 7:
I. Install Prereqs (should only be necessary the first time)
Install node.js on windows if you haven't already.
Ensure npm has been added to your PATH variable (as of this writing, node.js puts this in during install):
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\npm
Install git on windows if you haven't already.
Ensure the git commands have been added to your PATH variable (as of this writing the git install does not add these):
C:\Program Files(x86)\Git\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd
Open command prompt.
Install grunt globally:
npm install -g grunt
Install grunt-cli globally:
npm install -g grunt-cli
Clone the repo if you haven't already:
git clone git://github.com/Widen/fine-uploader
Change command prompt directory to repo location (most likely at %USERPROFILE%\fine-uploader).
Install dependencies (if you want the dependencies installed
globally add a -g below but it is not necessary):
npm install
II. Build and Package
Open command prompt at the repo location (i.e. %USERPROFILE%\fine-uploader)
Pull latest, if necessary:
git pull
package it up:
grunt package
This should result in the files being added to the _dist folder in your repo.

Answer 4

The build and distribution methods have changed quite a bit over the past couple years. As of Fine Uploader 5.11, you have the following options:
Download Fine Uploader from npm
npm install fine-uploader
Download Fine Uploader from the project's home page
...at http://fineuploader.com/customize
Build Fine Uploader yourself from the GitHub repo
git clone https://github.com/FineUploader/fine-uploader.git
cd fine-uploader
npm install
make build
The "contribute code" section in the README contains even more details.