Pro Grunt.js

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Contents at a Glance
5. Contents
6. About the Author
7. About the Technical Reviewer
8. Acknowledgments
9. Introduction
10. Chapter 1: Introducing Grunt
    1. How Can I Benefit from Grunt?
       1. Continuous Integration
    2. Speeding Up Your Workflow
    3. Every Craftsman Needs a Toolbelt
    4. Integration with Other Tools
       1. Versioning
    5. Readability
    6. Alternatives
       1. Ant
       2. Rake
       3. Gulp
    7. Summary
11. Chapter 2: How to Use Grunt in Your Project
    1. Node.js
       1. Installing on Linux
       2. Installing on Windows
       3. Installing on Mac OS X
       4. Confirming Your Installation
    2. npm
    3. Finding Modules
    4. Installing Modules
    5. Modules
    6. Loading Modules from node_modules
    7. Defining Node.js Projects
    8. Grunt
    9. Creating a New Project to Work with Grunt
    10. Adding Grunt and Plug-ins to Your Project
        1. Configuring Tasks
    11. Working with Files
        1. Compact Format
        2. File Object Format
        3. Files Array Format
    12. Summary
12. Chapter 3: Using Grunt with HTML and CSS
    1. The Demo App
    2. CSS Preprocessing
       1. Installing Sass
       2. Brief Introduction to Sass
       3. Variables
       4. Nesting
       5. Partials and Imports
       6. Mixins
       7. Extend/Inheritance
       8. Sass with Grunt
    3. Working with Front-End Frameworks with Grunt
       1. Bower
       2. Bower with Grunt
    4. Linting
       1. Setting a Standard for Your CSS
    5. Prefixing
    6. Minification
    7. Removing Unused or Duplicate CSS
    8. Packaging Your App for Production
    9. Versioning
    10. Summary
13. Chapter 4: Using Grunt with JavaScript
    1. Enhancing Our To-Do List Application
    2. JavaScript Modules
       1. AMD
       2. CommonJS
       3. Combining Grunt.js and JavaScript Modules
       4. Cleaning the Build Process
    3. JavaScript Templating
    4. JavaScript Linting
    5. Modernizr
    6. Minification
    7. Documentation
    8. Summary
14. Chapter 5: Using Grunt with Images, SVG, and Icons
    1. Compressing Images
    2. Producing Responsive Images
       1. Resizing Images with Grunt
       2. Responsive Images with srcset
    3. Producing Image Sprites
       1. Automating Sprite Creation
    4. Working with SVGs
    5. Minifying SVG
    6. Generating SVG Sprites
    7. Generating Icon Fonts
    8. Summary
15. Chapter 6: Using Grunt for Testing and Local Development
    1. Setting Up a Local Server
       1. Keeping the Server Running
       2. Automated Browser Launching
       3. Logging Requests to Our Server
       4. Extending Our Server with Compressed Responses
    2. Testing
       1. Writing Our First Test
       2. Modifying the Output from Nodeunit
       3. Test-Driven Development with Grunt
    3. Generating Fixtures
       1. Automating Fixtures at Runtime
       2. Applying Fixture Generation
    4. Testing in the Browser
       1. Configuring Karma Test Runner
       2. Modifying Our Application to Use AMD
    5. Automating Accessibility Testing
    6. Exposing the Local Server to the Outside World
    7. Performance Testing
       1. Performancing Development Environments
    8. Summary
16. Chapter 7: Optimizing Your Grunt Workflow
    1. Measuring Performance
    2. Loading Plug-ins
       1. Automating Loading with matchdep
       2. Automating Loading with load-grunt-tasks
       3. Deferring Automating Loading
    3. Organizing Your Gruntfile
       1. Using Modules
       2. Using Groups
       3. Extracting Common Configuration Options
    4. Running Tasks in Parallel
    5. Running Things on Changes
    6. Reloading Changes Automatically in the Browser
    7. Continuous Integration
    8. Summary
17. Index