grunt-mixtape-run-app

A Grunt task to to run the server in the mixtape boilerplate

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install -g nodemon
npm install grunt-mixtape-run-app --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-mixtape-run-app');

The "runapp" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named runapp to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

env: [String] The NODE_ENV to pass to the server

Options

dieWithParent: [true|false] Keeps the server running until the parent process exits (end of Grunt tasks). Useful for e2e testing.

Usage Examples

runapp: {
  development : {
    env: 'development'
  },

  debug : {
    env: 'debug'
  },

  production : {
    env: 'production'
  },

  test : {
    options: {
      dieWithParent: true
    },
    env: 'test'
  }
}

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

(Nothing yet)

mrkelly/grunt-mixtape-run-app