Index

A

• Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) / Configuring tasks
• Application Programming Interface (API) / Gruntfile.js
• args function / The task object
• async function / The task object, Asynchronous tasks
• asynchronous tasks
  • about / Asynchronous tasks
• author property / Grunt plugins

B

• Behavior Driven Design (BDD) syntax
  • about / Testing with Grunt
  • describe function / Testing with Grunt
  • it function / Testing with Grunt
• build, creating
  • directory setup, initial / Step 1 – initial directory setup
  • configuration, initial / Step 2 – initial configuration
  • source files, organizing / Step 3 – organizing our source files, Scripts, Views
  • build files, optimizing / Step 4 – optimizing our build files, Scripts
  • tasks / Step 5 – tasks and options
  • development flow, improving / Step 6 – improving development flow
  • application, deploying / Step 7 – deploying our application
• build files
  • optimizing / Step 4 – optimizing our build files
• build files, optimizing
  • scripts / Scripts
  • styles / Styles
  • views / Views
• build tool / What is Grunt?

C

• Chrome DevTools / Chrome DevTools
• Code Academy / JavaScript resources
• CoffeeScript
  • about / CoffeeScript
  • Jade / Jade
  • Stylus / Stylus
  • Haml / Haml, Sass, and LESS
  • Sass / Haml, Sass, and LESS
  • LESS / Haml, Sass, and LESS
• command-line
  • about / Command-line
  • task arguments / Task arguments
  • runtime options / Runtime options
  • task, help / Task help
• Command line interface (CLI) / Grunt
• CommonJS
  • about / Modules
  • sample code / Modules
• concatenation
  • about / Concatenation
• consoleCheck task / Configuring tasks
• continuous integration (CI)
  • about / Continuous integration with Grunt
• curly
  • about / Static analysis or Linting
• cwd / Mapping a source directory to destination directory

D

• data / The multitask object
• describe function / Testing with Grunt
• dest / Mapping a source directory to destination directory
• dest property / Single set of source files
• devDependencies property / Grunt plugins
• development tools
  • about / Development tools
  • Author Picks / Author picks
  • Sublime Text / Sublime Text, SourceTree
  • Chrome DevTools / Chrome DevTools
  • community picks / Community picks
  • Yeoman / Yeoman
• directory setup / Step 1 – initial directory setup
• directory structure / Directory structure
• Distributed Version Control System (DVCS) / Community
• Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) / Why use Grunt?

E

• echo command / Step 1 – initial directory setup
• Eloquent JavaScript / JavaScript resources
• errorCount function / The task object
• expand / Mapping a source directory to destination directory
• expect function / Testing with Grunt
• exports / Modules
• ext / Mapping a source directory to destination directory
• external tasks
  • about / External tasks

F

• files / The multitask object
• files, configuring
  • about / Configuring files
  • source files, single set / Single set of source files
  • source files, multiple set / Multiple sets of source files
  • source directory, mapping to destination directory / Multiple sets of source files, Mapping a source directory to destination directory
• filesSrc / The multitask object
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  • about / FTP
• flags function / The task object
• flatten / Mapping a source directory to destination directory
• foo task / Flexibility, Task arguments
• fs.appendFileSync method / Tasks

G

• Git / Community
• GitHub / Community
• GitHub Gist / Grunt
• globbing / Configuring files
• Grunt
  • about / What is Grunt?
  • file.js file, example / What is Grunt?
  • uglify plugin / What is Grunt?
  • features / Why use Grunt?
  • benefits / Benefits of Grunt, Effectiveness, Flexibility
  • use cases / Real-world use cases, Static analysis or Linting, CoffeeScript
  • deployment / Deployment
  • installation / Installation
  • Command line interface (CLI) / Grunt
  • project, setting up / Project setup
  • testing with / Testing with Grunt
  • continuous integration (CI) / Continuous integration with Grunt
  • plugins / Grunt plugins, Useful plugins
• Grunt, deployment
  • about / Deployment
  • File Transfer Protocol (FTP) / FTP
  • Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) / SFTP
  • Simple Storage Service (S3) / S3
• grunt --help command / Task help
• grunt-cli module / Grunt
• grunt-concurrent plugin / Useful plugins
• grunt-contrib- / Official versus user tasks
• grunt-contrib-uglify plugin / Gruntfile.js
• grunt-contrib-watch plugin / Step 6 – improving development flow
• grunt-mocha / Testing with Grunt
• grunt.config.get function / Configuring tasks, Templates
• grunt.config function / Configuring tasks
• grunt.current.task object / The task object
• grunt.current.task property / The multitask object
• grunt.fail.fatal function / Configuring tasks
• grunt.fail.warn function / Configuring tasks
• grunt.initConfig function / Configuring tasks
• grunt.loadNpmTasks function / Grunt plugins
• grunt.option function / Runtime options
• grunt.registerTask / Tasks
• grunt.template.process function / Templates
• Gruntfile.js file / Gruntfile.js, External tasks
• grunt object / Gruntfile.js
• gzip compression / Step 7 – deploying our application

H

• Haml
  • about / Haml, Sass, and LESS
• homepage property / Grunt plugins

I

• Immediately-Invoked Function Expression (IIFE) / Scripts
• info grunt-gswg command / Grunt plugins
• initConfig / What is Grunt?
• Input/Output (I/O) task / Node.js
• installation, Grunt
  • about / Installation
  • Node.js / Node.js
  • modules / Modules
  • npm / npm
• it function / Testing with Grunt

J

• Jade
  • about / Jade
• Jasmine / Testing with Grunt
• JavaScript
  • resources / JavaScript resources
  / JavaScript resources
• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) / package.json
• JSHint / Static analysis or Linting
• jshint task / Static analysis or Linting
• JSLint / Static analysis or Linting

K

• knox npm module / Task features

L

• LESS
  • about / Haml, Sass, and LESS
• license property / Grunt plugins
• Linting
  • about / Static analysis or Linting
• LiveReload / Step 6 – improving development flow
• LiveReload Chrome extension / Step 6 – improving development flow
• load-grunt-tasks plugin / Useful plugins
• loadNpmTasks / What is Grunt?
• loadNpmTasks function / Grunt plugins
• loadTasks / Grunt plugins

M

• Mac OSX / Mac OS X
• Make build tool / What is Grunt?
• minification
  • about / Minification
• Mocha / Testing with Grunt
• module / Modules
• module.exports object / Gruntfile.js
• modules
  • about / Modules, npm
  • finding / Finding modules
  • installing / Installing modules
• Mozilla Developer Network / JavaScript resources
• multitasks
  • configuring / Configuring multitasks
  • about / Multitasks, The multitask object
• multitasks, objects
  • target / The multitask object
  • files / The multitask object
  • fileSrc / The multitask object
  • data / The multitask object

N

• nameArgs function / The task object
• name function / The task object
• Node.js / What is Grunt?
  • about / Node.js
  • installing / Node.js
• node_modules directory / Grunt plugins
• npm
  • about / npm
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page / npm
  • modules, finding / Finding modules
  • modules, installing / Installing modules

O

• optimize option / Runtime options
• options
  • configuring / Configuring options
• options function / The task object, The multitask object
• options object / Configuring options

P

• package / npm
• package.json file
  • about / package.json
  / package.json
• Package.json Validator tool / package.json
• peerDependencies property / Grunt plugins
• PhantomJS / Testing with Grunt
• plugins
  • about / Grunt plugins
  • grunt-concurrent plugin / Useful plugins
  • load-grunt-tasks plugin / Useful plugins

Q

• Quality assurance (QA) team / Step 7 – deploying our application

R

• rename / Mapping a source directory to destination directory
• require function / Modules, npm
• requiresConfig function / The task object
• requires function / The task object

S

• --save-dev option / package.json
• --save option / package.json
• Sass
  • about / Haml, Sass, and LESS
• Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
  • about / SFTP
• Semantic Versioning Specification (SemVer) / package.json
• Simple Storage Service (S3)
  • about / S3
  / Step 7 – deploying our application
• source files
  • organizing / Step 3 – organizing our source files
  • scripts / Scripts
  • views / Views
  • styles / Styles
• SourceTree / SourceTree
• src / Mapping a source directory to destination directory
• src property / Configuring files
• standard out (stdout) / Step 1 – initial directory setup
• static analysis
  • about / Static analysis or Linting
• string property / Configuring multitasks
• Stylus
  • about / Stylus
• Sublime Text / Sublime Text

T

• target / The multitask object
• task object, properties
  • name function / The task object
  • async function / The task object
  • requires function / The task object
  • requiresConfig function / The task object
  • nameArgs function / The task object
  • args function / The task object
  • flags function / The task object
  • errorCount function / The task object
  • options function / The task object
• task runner / What is Grunt?
• tasks
  • configuring / Configuring tasks
  • multitasks, configuring / Configuring multitasks
  • options, configuring / Configuring options
  • files, configuring / Configuring files
  • templates / Templates
  • about / Tasks
  • object / The task object
  • aliasing / Task aliasing
  • running / Running tasks
• tasks, running
  • command line / Command-line
  • programmatically / Programmatically
  • automatically / Automatically
• templates
  • about / Templates
• third-party tasks
  • about / Using third-party tasks
  • searching for / Searching for tasks
  • official versus user tasks / Official versus user tasks
  • popularity / Task popularity
  • features / Task features
  • stars / Task stars
• this.files array / Multitasks
• this operator / The task object
• transcompilation
  • about / Transcompilation

U

• uglify plugin / What is Grunt?
• use cases
  • about / Real-world use cases
  • static analysis / Static analysis or Linting
  • transcompilation / Transcompilation
  • CoffeeScript / CoffeeScript

V

• Version Control System (VCS) / Directory structure

W

• watch task / Automatically
• WebStorm / WebStorm

X

• XMLHTTPRequest (XHR) / Views

Y

• Yeoman / Yeoman