section43.2.md

Section 43.2: Installing gruntplugins

• Adding dependcy

  • npm install grunt-contrib-jshint --save-dev

• Loading the plugin

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');

• Configuring the task

grunt.initConfig({
  jshint: {
    all: ['Gruntfile.js', 'lib/**/*.js', 'test/**/*.js']
  }
});

• Running the task

  • grunt jshint (1st way)
  • grunt.registerTask('default', ['jshint']); (2nd way)

The default task runs with the grunt command in the terminal without any options.