The first thing you need to know about Grunt is that it's built atop Node.js. This allows Grunt to be truly cross-platform; it's equally at home on Mac, Nix or Windows. Some plugins might not play well with different operating systems, but Grunt, and its associated official plugin set, will all work just fine. Before you can install and begin using Grunt, you'll first need to install the Node.js . If you're a web developer already, there's a really good chance you already have Node. If you know that you have Node.js, then you can skip the next section. If you're not sure, read on and find out.
If you've been involved in the web development scene any time in the last 3-4 years, then there's a good possibility you've heard about Node.js. It's a hot topic, and for good reason. Node.js brings server-side functionality to traditional web developers. Node.js is an open source, cross-platform runtime engine, built to run JavaScript on the web server, rather...