More comprehensive Gruntfile

Gruntfile.coffee

module.exports = (grunt) ->
  grunt.initConfig
    appDir: "./app"
    srcDir: "<%= appDir %>/src"
    contentDir: "<%= appDir %>/content"
    templateDir: "<%= appDir %>/templates"
    vendorDir: "<%= appDir %>/vendor"
    cssDir: "<%= appDir %>/stylesheets"
    testDir: "./test"
 
    buildDir: "./tmp/build"
    outputDir: "./public"
    
    coffee:
      options:
        bare: true
 
      all:
        files: [
          expand: true,
          src: ["<%= srcDir %>/**/*.coffee"]
          dest: "<%= buildDir %>"
          ext: ".js"
        ]
 
      changed:
        files: [
          expand: true
          src: "<%= grunt.regarde.changed %>"
          dest: "<%= buildDir %>"
          ext: ".js"
        ]
 
    jade:
      options:
        client: true
        compileDebug: false
        namespace: "APPLICATION_TEMPLATES"
        processName: (path) ->
          path
            .replace(/^.*\btemplates\//, "")
            .replace(/\..*$/, "")
 
      all:
        files: [
          expand: true
          src: ["<%= templateDir %>/**/*.jade"]
          dest: "<%= buildDir %>"
          ext: ".js"
          ]
 
      changed:
        files: [
          expand: true
          src: "<%= grunt.regarde.changed %>"
          dest: "<%= buildDir %>"
          ext: ".js"
        ]
 
    concat:
      js:
        src: [ # Order matters, at some point we should use requireJS or something to fix that
          "<%= vendorDir %>/**/*.js",
          "<%= buildDir %>/<%= templateDir %>/**/*.js",
          "<%= buildDir %>/<%= srcDir %>/*.js",
          "<%= buildDir %>/<%= srcDir %>/modules/**/*.js",
          "<%= buildDir %>/<%= srcDir %>/directives/**/*.js",
          "<%= buildDir %>/<%= srcDir %>/services/**/*.js",
          "<%= buildDir %>/<%= srcDir %>/filters/**/*.js",
          "<%= buildDir %>/<%= srcDir %>/controllers/**/*.js",
        ]
        dest: "<%= outputDir %>/js/app.js"
    
    less:
      options:
        paths: "<%= cssDir %>"
 
      all:
        files: [
          src: "<%= cssDir %>/app.less"
          dest: "<%= outputDir %>/css/app.css"
        ]
 
 
    # Copy static files
    copy:
      html:
        files: [
          expand: true
          cwd: "<%= contentDir %>/html"
          src: ["**/*.html"]
          dest: "<%= outputDir %>"
        ]
 
      images:
        files: [
          expand: true
          cwd: "<%= contentDir %>/images"
          src: ["**/*"]
          dest: "<%= outputDir %>/images"
        ]
    
    regarde:
      coffee:
        files: "<%= srcDir %>/**/*.coffee"
        tasks: ["coffee:changed", "concat:js"]
 
      templates:
        files: "<%= srcDir %>/**/*.jade"
        tasks: ["jade:changed", "concat:js"]
 
      vendor:
        files: "<%= vendorDir %>/**/*.js"
        tasks: ["concat:js"]
 
      less:
        files: "<%= cssDir %>/**/*.less"
        tasks: ["spawn_less"]
 
      html:
        files: "<%= contentDir %>/html/**/*.html"
        tasks: ["copy:html"]
 
      images:
        files: "<%= contentDir %>/images/**/*"
        tasks: ["copy:images"]
    
    connect:
      server:
        options:
          hostname: "0.0.0.0"
          port: 9292
          base: "<%= outputDir %>"
          keepalive: true
 
 
 
    # Clean up artifacts
    clean:
      build: "<%= buildDir %>"
      output: "<%= outputDir %>"
 
 
 
    # Execute server script
    exec:
      server:
        cmd: "./server.js"
        
    karma:
      unit:
        configFile: "<%= testDir %>/unit_conf.js"
      e2e:
        configFile: "<%= testDir %>/e2e_conf.js"
 
 
    # The contrib-less task has an outstanding bug that will kill a running grunt
    # process (like a watch process) when it fails.
    grunt.registerTask 'spawn_less', 'Run Less in a subprocess', () ->
      done = this.async()
      grunt.util.spawn grunt: true, args: ['less'], (err) ->
        if err
          grunt.log.writeln(">> Error compiling LESS file!")
        done()
 
    grunt.registerTask "js", ["coffee:all", "jade:all", "concat:js"]
    grunt.registerTask "build", ["clean", "js", "less", "copy"]
    grunt.registerTask "server", ["exec:server"]
    grunt.registerTask "unit", ["build", "karma:unit"]
    grunt.registerTask "e2e", ["build", "karma:e2e"]
    grunt.registerTask "ci", ["build", "karma"]
 
 
    grunt.loadNpmTasks "grunt-contrib-coffee"
    grunt.loadNpmTasks "grunt-contrib-jade"
    grunt.loadNpmTasks "grunt-contrib-concat"
    grunt.loadNpmTasks "grunt-contrib-less"
    grunt.loadNpmTasks "grunt-contrib-copy"
    grunt.loadNpmTasks "grunt-regarde"
    grunt.loadNpmTasks "grunt-contrib-connect"
    grunt.loadNpmTasks "grunt-contrib-clean"
    grunt.loadNpmTasks "grunt-exec"
    grunt.loadNpmTasks "grunt-karma"

package.json

{
  "name": "rcr-frontend",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "grunt": "latest",
    "grunt-contrib-coffee": "latest",
    "grunt-contrib-jade": "latest",
    "grunt-contrib-less": "latest",
    "grunt-contrib-copy": "latest",
    "grunt-contrib-connect": "latest",
    "grunt-contrib-concat": "latest",
    "grunt-regarde": "latest",
    "grunt-notify": "latest",
    "grunt-contrib-clean": "latest",
    "grunt-karma": "latest",
    "grunt-exec": "latest"
  }
}

server.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
 
var spawn = require("child_process").spawn,
    watcher = spawn("grunt", ["regarde", "--force"]),
    server = spawn("grunt", ["build", "connect:server"]);
 
watcher.stdout.on("data", function(data) {
  var importantOutput = data.toString().split("\r?\n").filter(function(str) {
    return />>|Done|Warning|Running/.test(str);
  });
 
  process.stdout.write(importantOutput.join("\n"));
  // process.stdout.write(data);
});
 
server.stdout.on("data", function(data) {
  process.stdout.write(data);
});
 
watcher.on("exit", function(code, signal) {
  server.kill();
  process.exit();
});
 
server.on("exit", function(code, signal) {
  watcher.kill();
  process.exit();
});
 
process.on("exit", function() {
  watcher.kill();
  server.kill();
});