v-braun/grunt-alive

Run multiple applications as a grunt task

grunt-alive

Run multiple applications as a grunt task

Notes:

* Non-blocking the task-runner
* Restarts the applications when the task is called again

Gruntfile.js Example

    grunt.initConfig({
      pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
      
      sass: {
        dist: {
          files: {
            'src/public/css/style.css': 'src/public/css/style.scss'
          }
        }
      },
      
      watch: {
        options: {
          nospawn: true,
          livereload: true
        },
        server: {
          files: [
            'src/bin/www',
            'src/app.js',
            'src/config.js',
            'src/routes/*.js',
            'src/lib/*.js',
            'src/utils/*.js'
          ],
          tasks: ['alive']
        }
      },
      alive:{
        webserver: {
          cmd: 'node',
          args: ['--debug', './bin/www'],
          opts: {
            stdio: 'inherit',
            env: { NODE_ENV: 'development'}
          }
        }
      }
    });

Gruntfile.js example with multiple applications

    alive:{
      frontend: {
        cmd: 'node',
        args: ['--debug', './bin/www'],
        opts: {
          stdio: 'inherit',
          env: { NODE_ENV: 'development'}
        }
      },
      backend: {
        cmd: 'node',
        args: ['--debug', './bin/backend'],
        opts: {
          stdio: 'inherit',
          env: { NODE_ENV: 'development'}
        }
      }
    }

License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015, Viktor Braun.

Author: Viktor Braun (v_b)