The default task configuration

Creating the default task is as simple as loading tasks. Grunt has a registerTask method that we use to name (alias) the task and provide a list of one or more tasks to be run. When the task alias is run, all of the associated tasks in its list are run. In this way we can create a single command that runs the task(s) in the associated list. Additionally, the order of the tasks in the list defines the order in which the tasks are run; this provides us with even more refined control.

The basic task configuration syntax is:

grunt.registerTask(task_name, task_list);

In order to define the default task, the task name given should be 'default'. This task will run all of the associated tasks in its list even if no tasks are specified. For example, in order to run the default task, all that is needed is to issue the grunt command in the command prompt. The list argument to the registerTask method is an array of tasks. This syntax looks like the following example:

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