Task automation with Grunt.js
Nguyen Tien Si
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Agenda
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Why use a task runner & Grunt?
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Introduction
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Demo
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Question?
Why?
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Automation.
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Resolve repetitive tasks.
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Grunt is growing every day.
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Many plugins.
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Many companies and projects that use Grunt.
Introduction
Which developer never wasted time doing repetitive and boring tasks instead of being focused on what we do best "Code".
Installing & Configuring
# Installing GruntJS
npm install -g grunt-cli// Configuring GruntJS (Gruntfile.js)
module.exports = function(grunt) {
// Load all plugins and tasks defined by the grunt-drupal-tasks package.
require('grunt-drupal-tasks')(grunt);
};Installing & Configuring
{
"name": "grunt-drupal-tasks-example",
"description": "Example package.json for a Drupal
project built with grunt-drupal-tasks.",
"version": "1.0.0",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"grunt": "~0.4.5",
"grunt-drupal-tasks": "~0.6.0",
"zombie": "^2.5.1"
}
}Demo
Running "newer:drushmake:default" (newer) task
No newer files to process.
Running "scaffold" task
Detected Drupal 7 codebase.
Running "symlink:profiles" (symlink) task
>> Created 0 symbolic links.
Running "symlink:modules" (symlink) task
>> Created 1 symbolic links.
Running "symlink:themes" (symlink) task
>> Created 1 symbolic links.
Running "copy:defaults" (copy) task
Copied 1 file
Running "clean:sites" (clean) task
>> 1 path cleaned.
Running "symlink:sites" (symlink) task
>> Created 1 symbolic links.
Running "mkdir:files" (mkdir) task
Creating "build/html/sites/default/files"...OK
Running "copy:static" (copy) task
Created 1 directory, copied 1 file
Done, without errors.
References
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http://gruntjs.com
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https://github.com/phase2/grunt-drupal-tasks
Question?
Task automation with Grunt.js
By Nguyen Tien Si
Task automation with Grunt.js
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