Grunt

Install

• Getting Started with Grunt, How to install grunt and how to built script with it
  • cd <your_project>
  • npm install -g grunt-cli
  • touch package.json Gruntfile.js
  • npm install grunt --save-dev

Use in a new Grunt project

• npm install
  • read all the module dependencies from package.json and install them from npm software repository into the local folder node_modules.
• grunt
  • runs the default registered task in Gruntfile.js.

Installing Grunt and gruntplugins:

• npm install <module> --save-dev
  • installs the module locally and adds it to the devDependencies section of package.json, using a tilde version range

Structure

• package.json - contains various metadata about an Node Packaged Modules. Project identification and description, project's dependencies, ...
  • dependencies field is used to list all the dependencies of your project that are available on npm
  • devDependencies are dependencies not required for normal operation, but required/recommended if you want to patch or modify the project. E.g. testing framework
• Gruntfile.js - defines, loads and configures Grunt tasks.
  • read a good explanation of a Sample Gruntfile

Others

• concatenate and minify your Javascript and CSS source files
• https://npmjs.org/package/grunt-frontend - minify CSS and JS
• grunt-contrib-jade - compiles Jade html language
  • Jade Readme Contents
  • npm install grunt-contrib-jade --save-dev
• simplemon - Simple file monitor that executes commands whenever a file change occurs
  • simplemon -O jade html_templates jade_templates
• http://livereload.com/
  • https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-livereload
    • Dependency: npm install grunt-contrib-connect https://npmjs.org/package/grunt-contrib-connect