Grunt.js
The JavaScript Task Runner
Rocky Jaiswal
Jul 2013
Why use Grunt
Automation*
Most popular option
Great plugins available
Installation
npm install -g grunt-cli
Running Grunt
Needs -
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package.json
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Gruntfile.js / .coffee
package.json
{
"name": "my-project-name",
"version": "0.1.0",
"devDependencies": {
"grunt": "~0.4.1",
"grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.6.0",
"grunt-contrib-nodeunit": "~0.2.0",
"grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.2.2"
}
}Gruntfile
A Gruntfile is comprised of the following parts:
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The "wrapper" function
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Project and task configuration
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Loading grunt plugins and tasks
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Custom tasks
Simple Example
A small static webapp I am building
I want to use SASS and CoffeeScript
Demo
Improve it more
THE AWESOME
grunt-contrib-watch
Using it with Yeoman
Demo
Thank You
Grunt.js
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