IT:AD:Grunt
- See also:
- IT:AD:NPM ← node.js package manager
- IT:AD:Bower ← the web front-end package manager built by Twitter.
- IT:AD:Gulp ← stream based equivalent to IT:AD:Grunt
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Summary
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During the process of front end development, there are many repetitious (ie, grunt) tasks:
- Lint JS files
- Minify JS files
- Compile LESS files
- Minify CSS files
Grunt helps with them:
“Grunt is a JS based command line build tool to make repetitive, necessary, tasks, trivial.”
## Resources ## * http://gruntjs.com/ * https://blog.srcclr.com/huge-grunt-js-guide-better-frontend-workflow/