MODERN JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPMENT WORKFLOW

Node.js




nodejs.org

Package manager


  • 48 000+ packages;
  • Huge community;

npm init

$ npm init 

Package.json


Install packages from repository


Grunt

gruntjs.com

MODERN TASK RUNNER

  • Huge ecosystem;
  • Easy to create own plugin;
  • 1280+ plugins on npm;



Easy to start

npm install -g grunt-cli


Gruntfile.js

Writing your own task is easy

$ grunt-init gruntplugin


BOWEr

bower.io

PACKAGE MANAGEMENT FOR WEB

  • Runs over Git
  • Flat dependency tree
  • 4000+ packages

Manage dependencies with bower


Yeoman

The old-fashioned Workflow


  • Download HTML 5 Boilerplate
  • Find UI Framework/Boilerplate
  • Download it, add it to project
  • Download project libs
  • Copy boilerplate for models, views, controllers, setup
  • Setup test runner
  • Setup build process
  • Write Real Code!

From idea to prototype in 10 minutes

Can we do better?

$  yo webapp


  • HTML5 Boilerplate
  • Twitter Bootstrap
  • Mocha Tests
  • RequireJS (optional)
  • Modernizr (optional)
  • CoffeeScript(optional)
  • Build process
  • Can we do better?

    $  yo angular

  • HTML5 Boilerplate
  • Twitter Bootstrap
  • AngularJS
  • Karma Testrunner
  • Scaffolding for Models, Directives, Routes, Views, Values, Constants, Services, Factories, ...
  • CoffeeScript support
  • Writing your own is easy

    • Can be written for any library, framework or workflow
    • Easy yeoman API
    • Fork an exist one or start from with generator-generator

    Javascript style guide

    USEful grunt plugins

    • watch -- run predefined tasks whenever watched file patterns are added, changed or deleted
    • uncss -- grunt task for removing unused CSS from your projects. Works across multiple files
    • uglify -- minify JS files with UglifyJS
    • cssmin -- compress CSS files
    • concurrent -- run grunt tasks concurrently

    Javascript Development Workflow

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