Steps to perform once

  • install npm

  • install grunt-cli

    sudo npm install -g grunt-cli

    which gives you the opportunity to run Gruntfile.js-files by typing $ grunt. Gruntfiles are a bit like makefiles for c/c++, ants for java or rakefiles for ruby…

  • install grunt-init to automate project initialization

    sudo npm install -g grunt-init

  • install some grunt templates

    git clone https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-init-commonjs.git ~/.grunt-init/commonjs --depth 1
git clone https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-init-gruntfile.git ~/.grunt-init/gruntfile --depth 1

    Steps to perform for every new module

  • create a project-folder e.g. by cloning the new projects repo from github. Then cd in this folder.

  • create the gruntfile - choose one of the following:

    • simple gruntfile: 
      grunt-init gruntfile
    • commonjs: 
      grunt-init commonjs

  • now let’s install all used grunt-modules and add them to package.json as development dependencies

    ( --save-dev )

    npm install grunt --save-dev

Now take a look at package.json, Gruntfile.js and node_modules/. package.json stores information about the packages to install with npm install into node_modules.

Gruntfile.js is read when typing grunt.