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STREAMLINED WORKFLOW USING

GRUNT

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WHO AM I? #SMITTENWITHTHEMITTEN

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THIS IS YOUR PROJECT

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PROBLEMS GETTING TO A STREAMLINED PROJECT

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MONOTONY

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UNMANAGEABLE CODE

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STUPID MISTAKES

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THE HARD-HITTING TRUTH

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DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!

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WHAT TO DO?

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AUTOMATION

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WHAT IS IT

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“AUTOMATION, PERFORMING REPETITIVE TASKS LIKE MINIFICATION, COMPILATION,

UNIT TESTING AND LINTING.”

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SPEED EFFICIENCY ACCURACY

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WHO USES GRUNT?

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HOW CAN GRUNT HELP ME?

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MONOTONY

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MONOTONY AUTOMATED TASKS

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UNMANAGEABLE CODE

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UNMANAGEABLE CODE MINIFICATION AND CONCATENATION

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STUPID MISTAKES

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STUPID MISTAKES 100% ACCURACY FROM AUTOMATION

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THE NITTY-GRITTY

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WHAT DO I NEED?

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WHAT IS IT, REALLY?

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WHAT YOU WILL HAVE IN THE PROJECT

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GRUNTFILE.JS PACKAGE.JSON

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THAT’S IT!

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GRUNTFILE.JS

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PACKAGE.JSON

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EXAMPLE USAGE

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1) WATCH FOR FILE CHANGES 2) AUTOMATICALLY RUN TASKS 3) LINT FILES FOR POTENTIAL ERRORS 4) COMPILE SASS INTO ONE MINIFIED CSS FILE 5) ADD BROWSER PREFIXES TO CSS FILE 6) COMPILE JAVASCRIPT INTO ONE MINIFIED JS FILE 7) UPLOAD VIA SSH TO THE DEPLOYMENT SERVER 8) NOTIFY WHEN COMPLETE

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BUILD SCRIPT

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1) UPDATE VERSIONING BASED ON PACKAGE.JSON 2) CLEAN FILES USING REGEX 3) SYNC SPECIFIC FILES TO NEW DIRECTORY 4) EXTRA FILE MINIFICATION / CONCATENATION 5) UNIT TESTING

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GRUNT WON’T FIX EVERYTHING

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6 TIPS FOR A KILLER PROJECT WORKFLOW

(OR YOUR NEXT ONE IS FREE)

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#1

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A CODE EDITOR IS NOT AN IDE

#2

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GIT WITH THE PROGRAM

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FIND OUT WHAT YOUR BROWSER CAN DO FOR YOU

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STAY UPDATED!!!

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DON’T RE-INVENT THE WHEEL

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• gruntjs.com/getting-started

• gruntjs.com/sample-gruntfile

• github.com/npm/npm#super-easy-install

• nodejs.org

• nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model

• foundation.zurb.com

• jetbrains.com/phpstorm

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