Don't pipeline in dev environment, which means that there is no need to run collectstatic either. Hooray\!

Gemfile

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 source :rubygems
 
-gem 'guard', '~> 1.0.3'
+gem 'rake', '0.8.3'
 gem 'sass', '3.1.15'
 gem 'bourbon', '~> 1.3.6'
-gem 'libnotify', '~> 0.7.2'
-gem 'ruby_gntp', '~> 0.3.4'
-gem 'guard-rake', '0.0.5'

Gemfile.lock

@@ -3,26 +3,13 @@ GEM
   specs:
     bourbon (1.3.6)
       sass (>= 3.1)
-    ffi (1.0.11)
-    guard (1.0.3)
-      ffi (>= 0.5.0)
-      thor (>= 0.14.6)
-    guard-rake (0.0.5)
-      guard
-      rake
-    libnotify (0.7.2)
-    rake (0.9.2.2)
-    ruby_gntp (0.3.4)
+    rake (0.8.3)
     sass (3.1.15)
-    thor (0.15.2)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   bourbon (~> 1.3.6)
-  guard (~> 1.0.3)
-  guard-rake (= 0.0.5)
-  libnotify (~> 0.7.2)
-  ruby_gntp (~> 0.3.4)
+  rake (= 0.8.3)
   sass (= 3.1.15)

Guardfile

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-guard :rake, :task => :collectstatic, :run_on_all => true, :run_on_start => true do
-    watch(%r{^static/.+(.scss|.coffee)$})
-end

envs/dev.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from envs.common import *
 from envs.logsettings import get_logger_config
 
 DEBUG = True
-PIPELINE = True
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
 
 LOGGING = get_logger_config(ENV_ROOT / "log", 

rakefile

@@ -59,18 +59,11 @@ task :test => REPORT_DIR do
     sh("#{django_admin} test --settings=envs.test --pythonpath=. $(ls djangoapps)")
 end
 
-desc "Collect static files"
-task :collectstatic, :env do |t, args|
-    args.with_defaults(:env => 'dev')
-    django_admin = ENV['DJANGO_ADMIN_PATH'] || select_executable('django-admin.py', 'django-admin')
-    sh("#{django_admin} collectstatic --settings=envs.#{args.env} --pythonpath=. --noinput --link")
-end
-
 desc "Start a local server with the specified environment (defaults to dev). Other useful environments are devplus (for dev testing with a real local database)"
-task :runserver, [:env] => [:collectstatic] do |t, args|
+task :runserver, [:env] => [] do |t, args|
     args.with_defaults(:env => 'dev')
     django_admin = ENV['DJANGO_ADMIN_PATH'] || select_executable('django-admin.py', 'django-admin')
-    sh("#{django_admin} runserver --settings=envs.#{args.env} --pythonpath=. --nostatic")
+    sh("#{django_admin} runserver --settings=envs.#{args.env} --pythonpath=.")
 end
 
 task :package do

static/coffee/README.md

@@ -34,15 +34,10 @@ Conveniently, you can install Node via `apt-get`, then use npm:
 Compiling
 ---------
 
-We're using Guard to watch your folder and automatic compile those CoffeeScript
-files. First, install guard by using Bundler:
-
-    $ gem install bundler
-    $ bundle install
-
-Then you can run this command:
-
-    $ bundle exec guard
+The dev server will automatically compile coffeescript files that have changed.
+Simply start the server using:
+    
+    $ rake runserver
 
 Testing
 -------

static/sass/README.md

@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ This should ensure that you have all the dependencies required for compiling.
 Compiling
 ---------
 
-We're using Guard to watch your folder and automatic compile those SASS files.
-If you already install all the dependencies using Bundler, you can just do:
-
-    $ bundle exec guard
-
-This will execute `django-admin collectstatic`, which will compile the sass files
+The dev server will automatically compile sass files that have changed. Simply start
+the server using:
+    
+    $ rake runserver

templates/main.html

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/jquery-1.6.2.min.js')}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.min.js')}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/swfobject/swfobject.js')}"></script>
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/application.js')}"></script>
+  <%static:js group='application'/>
 
   <!--[if lt IE 9]>
   <script src="${static.url('js/html5shiv.js')}"></script>

templates/pipeline/inline_js.html

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<script \
+% if async:
+async \
+% endif
+if defer:
+defer \
+type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
+  {{ source|safe }}
+</script>

templates/pipeline/js.html

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<script \
+% if async:
+async \
+% endif
+% if defer:
+defer \
+% endif
+type="${type}" src="${ url }" charset="utf-8"></script>