steps.md

Grunt the JavaScript Task Runner

• pre-existing static assets

• npm init

• touch Gruntfile.js

• npm install grunt-cli -g

• npm install grunt

• npm install grunt-contrib-concat --save

Stylesheet Preprocessors

• npm install grunt-contrib-watch --save
• npm install grunt-contrib-less
• npm install grunt-contrib-copy --save
• npm install express --save-dev
• mkdir tasks
• touch tasks/server.js
• install the chrome live-reload extension -- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/livereload/jnihajbhpnppcggbcgedagnkighmdlei?hl=en

Thinking about Dependency Management

CoffeeScript

• npm install grunt-contrib-clean --save
• npm install grunt-contrib-uglify --save
• npm install grunt-open --save-dev
• npm install grunt-contrib-coffee --save

Bower

• npm install -g bower
• touch .bowerrc
• bower init
• bower install angular#1.2.0-rc.3 --save
• bower install angular-route#1.2.0-rc.3 --save
• bower install base64js --save
• bower install jquery --save
• bower install underscore --save
• bower install https://github.com/searls/extend.js/releases/download/0.1.0/extend.js --save

Precompiling Templates for MV*

grunt-angular-templates

• npm install grunt-angular-templates --save

Optimizing for Developer Happiness

grunt-concat-sourcemap

• npm install grunt-concat-sourcemap --save

Alternative Frameworks & Dependency Management Strategies

Backbone, precompiling handlebars

• npm install grunt-contrib-handlebars --save

• rm -rf bower_modules

• bower install https://raw.github.com/testdouble/backbone-fixins/master/dist/backbone-fixins.js --save

• bower install backbone.stickit#0.6.2 --save

• bower install backbone#0.9.10 --save

• bower install underscore.string#2.3.0 --save

• bower install handlebars#1.0.0 --save

• bower install underscore#1.4.3 --save

• bower install jquery#1.8.2 --save

• bower install https://github.com/searls/extend.js/releases/download/0.1.0/extend.js --save

• bower install base64js --save

CommonJS, A simple module format

• npm install grunt-browserify --save
• npm install coffeeify --save

Yeoman

• cd yeoman-workflow
• npm install
• bower install
• grunt server

Lineman

• cd lineman-workflow
• npm installl
• lineman

Bonus: Grunt Contrib Imagemin

• cd grunt-workflow
• npm install grunt-contrib-imagemin --save
• grunt imagemin