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

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