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Java EE 7 Web Application Development

You're reading from   Java EE 7 Web Application Development Develop Java enterprise applications to meet the emerging digital standards using Java EE 7

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
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ISBN-13 9781782176640
Length 486 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Peter Pilgrim Peter Pilgrim
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Digital Java EE 7 FREE CHAPTER 2. JavaServer Faces Lifecycle 3. Building JSF Forms 4. JSF Validation and AJAX 5. Conversations and Journeys 6. JSF Flows and Finesse 7. Progressive JavaScript Frameworks and Modules 8. AngularJS and Java RESTful Services 9. Java EE MVC Framework A. JSF with HTML5, Resources, and Faces Flows B. From Request to Response C. Agile Performance – Working inside Digital Teams D. Curated References Index

GruntJS


Before we conclude this chapter on progressive JavaScript programming, we will quickly take a look at a tool to launch actions. This tool is GruntJS (http://gruntjs.com/), and the people behind it describe it as the JavaScript task runner. GruntJS is a Node.js tool and works in this ecosystem. Therefore, developers must install Node.js before they can work with GruntJS.

The tool is currently a favorite with many in the digital community. The following are some of the reasons why GruntJS is seen as a bonus:

  • The configuration is in one place and can be shared among other developers, testers, and operators across your digital team.

  • GruntJS is built with a plugin system.

  • The tool compresses your CSS and minimizes your JavaScript files for performance and delivery to the product site.

  • GruntJS allows teams of dedicated interface developers to work separately or together on the client-side bits of a website. The tools then concatenate their JavaScript and CSS components together for a production...

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