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A step-by-step, practical tutorial to help you transform into a Grunt power-user. This book is for JavaScript developers who want to get to grips with GruntJS and use it to build and test their JavaScript applications. The only requirement for this book is a basic understanding of objects and functions in JavaScript.

What you will learn

Learn about Grunt and its advantages

Understand Node.js and how it relates to Grunt

Take an indepth look at npm, Node.js modules, and the working of Grunt plugins

Get familiar with installing Grunt and setting up your first Grunt build environment

Gain insight on the methods of configuring Grunt and when each method should be used

Effectively execute Grunt through the use of task arguments, task aliasing, multitask targets, and more

Construct your own Grunt tasks, multitasks, and asynchronous tasks

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Getting Started with Grunt: The JavaScript Task Runner

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Willie Pritchett Apr 09, 2014

While the book's title would lead you to believe that the book is about Grunt, which it is for the most part, you are also treated with the added bonus of receiving a slight introduction into Node.JS as well!As a full stack developer, I can appreciate tools that assist in making my job easier and Grunt is an exceptional tool for eliminating repetitive tasks and this book covers it beautifully. Some topics that you will gain helpful insight on include:1. Configuring Grunt to run your own Tasks2. Using Grunt for Testing purposes3. Setting up and Configuring GruntI would say this book is moreso for a user who has a working knowledge of Javascript or at least a beginner Javascript developer. Otherwise, many of the terms used throughout the book will not make much sense.An Excellent read and I highly recommend it.

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Hemanta Sapkota Mar 31, 2014

The book maybe about Grunt, but its biggest value proposition, IMHO, is the excellent walkthrough on the Node.js ecosystem and modern web development.The author has very cleverly leveraged Grunt as a medium to introduce more advanced tools like Coffeescript, Jade, Stylus, all of which when used properly results in a huge productivity boost. See Chapter 4 Grunt in Action.The only thing that I felt missing was a chapter on Javascript itself. A brief intro on Javascript and its idiosyncrasies could have served as a nice appendix. Although, the book does contain a good reference list on Javascript.Who will benefit from the book ? Not including the usual front-end developers and framework creators:1. Experienced Java developers like myself who've made the move to the dynamic world of Javascript (front-end/backend)2. Web developers proficient in JQuery/PHP but have failed to get onboard the Node trainAll in all, there's no doubt that the book will serve as a handy reference for Javascript developers.

Callie Jul 03, 2014

I'm a newbie to web development, and I've been doing A LOT of reading over the last two months. This book was well written and informative. I would recommend this book to anyone who is trying to teach themselves Grunt.

astericky Jul 29, 2014

This book is among the best introductions to Grunt: The Javascript Task Runner and Nodejs platform I have seen to date. I was so pleased with this book that I recommended it to the other developers on my team immediately upon finishing this book.The author immediately starts us out with creating a simple Grunt task. He explains the benefits of using a task runner at all in the development process. We learn why Grunt is an excellent choice for task runner in real world use cases such as code minification, code linting and code deployments.Next we are guided through a more thorough set up of Grunt and the NodeJS platform. We learn about basic configuration and directory structure. The author does not stop there though. He walks us through installing grunt packages and plug-ins as well as building our own custom Grunt tastsk.By the end of this book the author had me convinced that Grunt is the tool my team can leaverage at work to get control of our unweildy code base and get some structure and consistency around our deployment process.Often times I find that beginner books are almost too beginner for the audience they are trying to target. This book really hits the sweetspot in terms of getting beginners set up quickly and easily without alienating more senior developers or going into the gory details of Grunt before developers have any real context or understanding around the problem Grunt attempts to solve.One way I would improve this book is move the last 15-20 pages on development tools to an appendix of some sort. However, I would not include it as a part of a chapter titled Advanced Grunt.Full disclosure: I was asked to do this review literally the day after I finished it. However, I've read this book and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.I'm stunned that such a potentially boring topic could make for an amazing book.Full disclosure: I was asked to do this review literally the day after I finished it. However, I've read this book and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.

P S Sep 17, 2015

This book is worth every cent! Not only it gives you information on grunt but background on node js is just fantastic.

Getting Started with Grunt: The JavaScript Task Runner: If you know JavaScript you ought to know Grunt – the Task Runner for managing sophisticated web applications. From a basic understanding to constructing your own advanced Grunt tasks, this tutorial has it all covered.