Task Automation

Protocore comes with Grunt ecosystem - a JavaScript task runner to perform repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting etc. Many of the tasks you need are already available as published Grunt plugins.

Few task automations has been configured to detect errors and potential problems in codebase and to enforce your team's coding conventions.

Following are the default Grunt plugins that has been integrated with Protocore codebase.

Individual tasks

Grunt Plugin	Command	Task Performed
grunt-htmlhint	grunt htmllint	Detect errors and issues for HTML documents for index.html and templates.
grunt-contrib-csslint	grunt csslint	Detect errors and issues for CSS stylesheets.
grunt-contrib-jshint	grunt jshint	Detect errors and issues for JavaScript.
grunt-jscs-checker	grunt jscs	Detect unwanted spacing etc. for JavaScript.
grunt-contrib-less	grunt less:readyMade	Compile all the less files. The files which comes with third party libraries or frameworks like Bootstrap 3.0
grunt-contrib-less	grunt less:customMade	Compile all the less files. The files which created by users as their custom stylesheets.
grunt-contrib-watch	grunt watch	Keep watch on less folders & files. Any changes in less file will automatically compile all the less files.
grunt-contrib-qunit	grunt qunit	Perform unit testing.

Combine tasks

Command	Task performed
grunt default	Executing this command will perform the task to detect errors and issues for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and less compilation to CSS. It includes jshint, jscs, htmlhint, csslint, less:readyMade, less:customMade.
grunt build	Executing this command will perform the default task including clear and building production build.
grunt compileless	Executing this command will perform only less compilation to CSS which includes two sub-task less:readyMade, less:customMade.
grunt tests	Executing this command will perform unit testing.