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Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...ERROR >> TypeError: Cannot read property 'dependencies' of null

Trying to run grunt but I tried many times and I can find why it doesn't run...
I haven't found any topic about this type of error on StackOverflow, so it would be great if someone could explain me !
I've tried to install all the librairies with npm but it still doesn't work
(I am beginning with AngularJS so maybe the error is obvious and I don't see it)
here is the code of Gruntfile.js :
// Generated on 2014-10-22 using generator-angular 0.9.8
'use strict';
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// Load grunt tasks automatically
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
// Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// Configurable paths for the application
var appConfig = {
app: require('./bower.json').appPath || 'app',
dist: 'dist'
};
// Define the configuration for all the tasks
grunt.initConfig({
// Project settings
yeoman: appConfig,
// Watches files for changes and runs tasks based on the changed files
watch: {
bower: {
files: ['bower.json'],
tasks: ['wiredep']
},
js: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:all'],
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
}
},
jsTest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:test', 'karma']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
tasks: ['newer:copy:styles', 'autoprefixer']
},
gruntfile: {
files: ['Gruntfile.js']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/}*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
// The actual grunt server settings
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
// Change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside.
hostname: 'localhost',
livereload: 35729
},
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
];
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
port: 9001,
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect.static('test'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
];
}
}
},
dist: {
options: {
open: true,
base: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
}
},
// Make sure code styles are up to par and there are no obvious mistakes
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc',
reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
},
all: {
src: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
test: {
options: {
jshintrc: 'test/.jshintrc'
},
src: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js']
}
},
// Empties folders to start fresh
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
// Add vendor prefixed styles
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// Automatically inject Bower components into the app
wiredep: {
app: {
src: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'],
ignorePath: /\.\.\//
}
},
// Renames files for browser caching purposes
filerev: {
dist: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/*'
]
}
},
// Reads HTML for usemin blocks to enable smart builds that automatically
// concat, minify and revision files. Creates configurations in memory so
// additional tasks can operate on them
useminPrepare: {
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html',
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
flow: {
html: {
steps: {
js: ['concat', 'uglifyjs'],
css: ['cssmin']
},
post: {}
}
}
}
},
// Performs rewrites based on filerev and the useminPrepare configuration
usemin: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
options: {
assetsDirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>','<%= yeoman.dist %>/images']
}
},
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
collapseWhitespace: true,
conservativeCollapse: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
removeOptionalTags: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: ['*.html', 'views/{,*/}*.html'],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// ng-annotate tries to make the code safe for minification automatically
// by using the Angular long form for dependency injection.
ngAnnotate: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/concat/scripts',
src: ['*.js', '!oldieshim.js'],
dest: '.tmp/concat/scripts'
}]
}
},
// Replace Google CDN references
cdnify: {
dist: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/*.html']
}
},
// Copies remaining files to places other tasks can use
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'*.html',
'views/{,*/}*.html',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp}',
'fonts/*'
]
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/images',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
src: ['generated/*']
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: 'bower_components/bootstrap/dist',
src: 'fonts/*',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
// Run some tasks in parallel to speed up the build process
concurrent: {
server: [
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin'
]
},
// Test settings
karma: {
unit: {
configFile: 'test/karma.conf.js',
singleRun: true
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('serve', 'Compile then start a connect web server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'wiredep',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('server', 'DEPRECATED TASK. Use the "serve" task instead', function (target) {
grunt.log.warn('The `server` task has been deprecated. Use `grunt serve` to start a server.');
grunt.task.run(['serve:' + target]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test',
'karma'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'wiredep',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'concat',
'ngAnnotate',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'filerev',
'usemin',
'htmlmin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'newer:jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};

How to avoid uglify task on Gruntfile.js of Yeoman angular generator

I've tried to create a task that can do the same as the default 'build' task but uglify, however i haven't found a way to do it directly from the gruntfile.js
This is what i have in my grunt file
// Generated on 2016-04-04 using generator-angular 0.12.1
'use strict';
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-ngdocs');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-replace');
// Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// Automatically load required Grunt tasks
require('jit-grunt')(grunt, {
useminPrepare: 'grunt-usemin',
ngtemplates: 'grunt-angular-templates',
cdnify: 'grunt-google-cdn'
});
// Configurable paths for the application
var appConfig = {
app: require('./bower.json').appPath || 'app',
dist: 'dist'
};
// Define the configuration for all the tasks
grunt.initConfig({
// Project settings
yeoman: appConfig,
// Watches files for changes and runs tasks based on the changed files
watch: {
bower: {
files: ['bower.json'],
tasks: ['wiredep']
},
js: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:all'],
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
}
},
jsTest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:test', 'karma']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
tasks: ['newer:copy:styles', 'autoprefixer']
},
gruntfile: {
files: ['Gruntfile.js']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/}*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
// The actual grunt server settings
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
// Change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside.
hostname: 'localhost',
livereload: 35729
},
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect().use(
'/app/styles',
connect.static('./app/styles')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
];
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
port: 9001,
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect.static('test'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
];
}
}
},
dist: {
options: {
open: true,
base: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
}
},
// Make sure code styles are up to par and there are no obvious mistakes
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc',
reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
},
all: {
src: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
test: {
options: {
jshintrc: 'test/.jshintrc'
},
src: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js']
}
},
// Empties folders to start fresh
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git{,*/}*'
]
}]
},
production: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'static/'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
// Add vendor prefixed styles
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
server: {
options: {
map: true,
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// Automatically inject Bower components into the app
wiredep: {
app: {
src: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'],
ignorePath: /\.\.\//
},
test: {
devDependencies: true,
src: '<%= karma.unit.configFile %>',
ignorePath: /\.\.\//,
fileTypes:{
js: {
block: /(([\s\t]*)\/{2}\s*?bower:\s*?(\S*))(\n|\r|.)*?(\/{2}\s*endbower)/gi,
detect: {
js: /'(.*\.js)'/gi
},
replace: {
js: '\'{{filePath}}\','
}
}
}
}
},
// Renames files for browser caching purposes
filerev: {
dist: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/*'
]
}
},
// Reads HTML for usemin blocks to enable smart builds that automatically
// concat, minify and revision files. Creates configurations in memory so
// additional tasks can operate on them
useminPrepare: {
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html',
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
flow: {
html: {
steps: {
js: ['concat', 'uglify'],
css: ['cssmin']
},
post: {}
}
}
}
},
// Performs rewrites based on filerev and the useminPrepare configuration
usemin: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
js: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'],
options: {
assetsDirs: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles'
],
patterns: {
js: [[/(images\/[^''""]*\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|svg))/g, 'Replacing references to images']]
}
}
},
uglify: {
generated: {
options: {
beautify: true
}
}
},
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
collapseWhitespace: true,
conservativeCollapse: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeCommentsFromCDATA: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: ['*.html'],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
ngtemplates: {
dist: {
options: {
module: 'panTrekApp',
htmlmin: '<%= htmlmin.dist.options %>',
usemin: 'scripts/scripts.js'
},
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: 'views/{,*/}*.html',
dest: '.tmp/templateCache.js'
}
},
// ng-annotate tries to make the code safe for minification automatically
// by using the Angular long form for dependency injection.
ngAnnotate: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/concat/scripts',
src: '*.js',
dest: '.tmp/concat/scripts'
}]
}
},
// Replace Google CDN references
cdnify: {
dist: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/*.html']
}
},
// Copies remaining files to places other tasks can use
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'*.html',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp}',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif}',
'{,*/}*.svg'
]
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/images',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
src: ['generated/*']
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: 'bower_components/bootstrap/dist',
src: 'fonts/*',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
},
{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: [
'styles/images/{,*/}*.*'
],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
},
production : {
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
dest: 'static/',
src: ['**']
}
},
// Run some tasks in parallel to speed up the build process
concurrent: {
server: [
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'copy:styles'
// 'imagemin',
// 'svgmin'
]
},
// Test settings
karma: {
unit: {
configFile: 'test/karma.conf.js',
singleRun: true
}
},
ngdocs: {
all: ['app/**/*.js']
},
replace: {
dist: {
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: /src="scripts/g,
replacement: 'src="{{STATIC_URL}}scripts'
},
{
match: /href="styles/g,
replacement: 'href="{{STATIC_URL}}styles'
}
]
},
files: [
{
expand: true,
flatten: true,
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/index.html',
],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
]
},
js:{
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: /views/g,
replacement: 'static/views'
}
]
},
files: [
{
expand: true,
flatten: true,
src: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/app.js',
],
dest: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts'
}
]
},
undone: {
options: {
patterns: [
{
match: /static\/\views/g,
replacement: 'views'
}
]
},
files: [
{
expand: true,
flatten: true,
src: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/app.js',
],
dest: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts'
}
]
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('serve', 'Compile then start a connect web server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
// 'replace:undone',
'clean:server',
'wiredep',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer:server',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('server', 'DEPRECATED TASK. Use the "serve" task instead', function (target) {
grunt.log.warn('The `server` task has been deprecated. Use `grunt serve` to start a server.');
grunt.task.run(['serve:' + target]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'wiredep',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test',
'karma'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'wiredep',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'ngtemplates',
'concat',
'ngAnnotate',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'filerev',
'usemin',
// 'htmlmin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('production', [
'clean:dist',
'wiredep',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'ngtemplates',
'concat',
'ngAnnotate',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'filerev',
'usemin',
'htmlmin',
'replace:dist',
'clean:production',
'copy:production'
]);
grunt.registerTask('dev', [
'clean:dist',
'wiredep',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'ngtemplates',
'concat',
'ngAnnotate',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'filerev',
'usemin',
// 'htmlmin',
'replace:dist',
'clean:production',
'copy:production'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'newer:jshint',
// 'test',
'build'
]);
grunt.registerTask('docs', [
'ngdocs'
]);
};
I've tried changing the steps inside useminPrepare and commenting the uglify part in the development taks, however it seems that the ngTemplate has some issue and this error is triggered
>> Could not find usemin.generated path matching: scripts/scripts.js
In the other hand i also have to keep the posibility to use uglify (For production) so the change (If possible) needs to be directly in the grunt file.
Thanks in advance for any idea, solution or sugestion.

How to make compile Sass files with the following Grunt configuration?

This is my Gruntfile.js:
// Generated on 2015-10-13 using generator-angular 0.12.1
'use strict';
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// Automatically load required Grunt tasks
require('jit-grunt')(grunt, {
useminPrepare: 'grunt-usemin',
ngtemplates: 'grunt-angular-templates',
cdnify: 'grunt-google-cdn'
});
// Configurable paths for the application
var appConfig = {
app: require('./bower.json').appPath || 'app',
dist: 'dist'
};
// Define the configuration for all the tasks
grunt.initConfig({
// Project settings
yeoman: appConfig,
// Watches files for changes and runs tasks based on the changed files
watch: {
bower: {
files: ['bower.json'],
tasks: ['wiredep']
},
js: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:all'],
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
}
},
jsTest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:test', 'karma']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css', '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.scss'],
tasks: ['newer:copy:styles', 'autoprefixer', 'sass']
},
gruntfile: {
files: ['Gruntfile.js']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/}*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
// The actual grunt server settings
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
// Change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside.
hostname: 'localhost',
livereload: 35729
},
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect().use(
'/app/styles',
connect.static('./app/styles')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
];
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
port: 9001,
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect.static('test'),
connect().use(
'/bower_components',
connect.static('./bower_components')
),
connect.static(appConfig.app)
];
}
}
},
dist: {
options: {
open: true,
base: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
}
},
// Make sure code styles are up to par and there are no obvious mistakes
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc',
reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
},
all: {
src: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
test: {
options: {
jshintrc: 'test/.jshintrc'
},
src: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js']
}
},
// Empties folders to start fresh
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git{,*/}*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
// Add vendor prefixed styles
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
server: {
options: {
map: true,
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// Automatically inject Bower components into the app
wiredep: {
app: {
src: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'],
ignorePath: /\.\.\//
},
test: {
devDependencies: true,
src: '<%= karma.unit.configFile %>',
ignorePath: /\.\.\//,
fileTypes:{
js: {
block: /(([\s\t]*)\/{2}\s*?bower:\s*?(\S*))(\n|\r|.)*?(\/{2}\s*endbower)/gi,
detect: {
js: /'(.*\.js)'/gi
},
replace: {
js: '\'{{filePath}}\','
}
}
}
}
},
// Renames files for browser caching purposes
filerev: {
dist: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/*'
]
}
},
// Reads HTML for usemin blocks to enable smart builds that automatically
// concat, minify and revision files. Creates configurations in memory so
// additional tasks can operate on them
useminPrepare: {
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html',
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
flow: {
html: {
steps: {
js: ['concat', 'uglifyjs'],
css: ['cssmin']
},
post: {}
}
}
}
},
// Performs rewrites based on filerev and the useminPrepare configuration
usemin: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
js: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'],
options: {
assetsDirs: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles'
],
patterns: {
js: [[/(images\/[^''""]*\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|svg))/g, 'Replacing references to images']]
}
}
},
// The following *-min tasks will produce minified files in the dist folder
// By default, your `index.html`'s <!-- Usemin block --> will take care of
// minification. These next options are pre-configured if you do not wish
// to use the Usemin blocks.
// cssmin: {
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
// uglify: {
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js': [
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
// concat: {
// dist: {}
// },
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
collapseWhitespace: true,
conservativeCollapse: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeCommentsFromCDATA: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: ['*.html'],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
ngtemplates: {
dist: {
options: {
module: 'mytodoApp',
htmlmin: '<%= htmlmin.dist.options %>',
usemin: 'scripts/scripts.js'
},
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: 'views/{,*/}*.html',
dest: '.tmp/templateCache.js'
}
},
// ng-annotate tries to make the code safe for minification automatically
// by using the Angular long form for dependency injection.
ngAnnotate: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/concat/scripts',
src: '*.js',
dest: '.tmp/concat/scripts'
}]
}
},
// Replace Google CDN references
cdnify: {
dist: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/*.html']
}
},
// Copies remaining files to places other tasks can use
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'*.html',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp}',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*'
]
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/images',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
src: ['generated/*']
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: 'bower_components/bootstrap/dist',
src: 'fonts/*',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
// Run some tasks in parallel to speed up the build process
concurrent: {
server: [
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin'
]
},
sass: {
files: {
'styles/main.css': 'styles/main.scss'
}
},
// Test settings
karma: {
unit: {
configFile: 'test/karma.conf.js',
singleRun: true
}
}
});
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-sass');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
grunt.registerTask('serve', 'Compile then start a connect web server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'wiredep',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer:server',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('server', 'DEPRECATED TASK. Use the "serve" task instead', function (target) {
grunt.log.warn('The `server` task has been deprecated. Use `grunt serve` to start a server.');
grunt.task.run(['serve:' + target]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'wiredep',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test',
'karma'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'wiredep',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'ngtemplates',
'concat',
'ngAnnotate',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'filerev',
'usemin',
'htmlmin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'newer:jshint',
'watch',
'test',
'build'
]);
};
I can't figure out how to make the sass task work. I want it to compile the style/main.scss file into the file style/main.css file. Right now it doesn't compile anything. What am I doing wrong?

Can you change this
sass: {
files: {
'styles/main.css': 'styles/main.scss'
}
},
to
sass: {
dist: {
files: {
'styles/main.css': 'styles/main.scss'
}
}
}
and if that doesn't work then try add cwd property also as it is not able to pick up files relative to your working directory

grunt appending hash to dist/ files

TL;DR: How do i stop the hash from being appended to the dist/ files Thanks!
Using yeoman (grunt + bower), I am trying to deploy my app to heroku. I can run the app in connect mode but the dist/ version of the app has a hash like 1d9f82a4.logo.png that is breaking my image links in my html. Here's my grunt file:
'use strict';
var LIVERELOAD_PORT = 35729;
var SERVER_PORT = 9000;
var lrSnippet = require('connect-livereload')({port: LIVERELOAD_PORT});
var mountFolder = function (connect, dir) {
return connect.static(require('path').resolve(dir));
};
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
// templateFramework: 'handlebars'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// show elapsed time at the end
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// load all grunt tasks
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
// configurable paths
var yeomanConfig = {
app: 'app',
dist: 'heroku/dist'
};
grunt.initConfig({
yeoman: yeomanConfig,
watch: {
options: {
nospawn: true,
livereload: true
},
coffee: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.coffee'],
tasks: ['coffee:dist']
},
coffeeTest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.coffee'],
tasks: ['coffee:test']
},
compass: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
tasks: ['compass']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: LIVERELOAD_PORT
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/*.html',
'{.tmp,<%= yeoman.app %>}/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'{.tmp,<%= yeoman.app %>}/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp}',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/templates/*.{ejs,mustache,hbs}',
'test/spec/**/*.js'
]
},
handlebars: {
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/templates/*.hbs'
],
tasks: ['handlebars']
},
test: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js', 'test/spec/**/*.js'],
tasks: ['test']
}
},
connect: {
options: {
port: SERVER_PORT,
// change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside
hostname: 'localhost'
},
livereload: {
options: {
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
lrSnippet,
mountFolder(connect, '.tmp'),
mountFolder(connect, yeomanConfig.app)
];
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
port: 9001,
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
lrSnippet,
mountFolder(connect, '.tmp'),
mountFolder(connect, 'test'),
mountFolder(connect, yeomanConfig.app)
];
}
}
},
dist: {
options: {
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
mountFolder(connect, yeomanConfig.dist)
];
}
}
}
},
open: {
server: {
path: 'http://localhost:<%= connect.options.port %>'
}
},
clean: {
dist: ['.tmp', '<%= yeoman.dist %>/*'],
server: '.tmp'
},
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc',
reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'!<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/vendor/*',
'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
jasmine: {
all:{
src : '/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
options: {
keepRunner: true,
specs : 'test/spec/**/*.js',
vendor : [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components/jquery/jquery.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components/underscore/underscore.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components/backbone/backbone.js',
'.tmp/scripts/templates.js'
]
}
}
},
coffee: {
dist: {
files: [{
// rather than compiling multiple files here you should
// require them into your main .coffee file
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
src: '{,*/}*.coffee',
dest: '.tmp/scripts',
ext: '.js'
}]
},
test: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: 'test/spec',
src: '{,*/}*.coffee',
dest: '.tmp/spec',
ext: '.js'
}]
}
},
compass: {
options: {
sassDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
cssDir: '.tmp/styles',
imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
javascriptsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
importPath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components',
relativeAssets: true
},
dist: {},
server: {
options: {
debugInfo: true
}
}
},
requirejs: {
dist: {
// Options: https://github.com/jrburke/r.js/blob/master/build/example.build.js
options: {
baseUrl: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
optimize: 'none',
paths: {
'templates': '../../.tmp/scripts/templates',
'jquery': '../../app/bower_components/jquery/jquery',
'underscore': '../../app/bower_components/underscore/underscore',
'backbone': '../../app/bower_components/backbone/backbone'
},
// TODO: Figure out how to make sourcemaps work with grunt-usemin
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/30
//generateSourceMaps: true,
// required to support SourceMaps
// http://requirejs.org/docs/errors.html#sourcemapcomments
preserveLicenseComments: false,
useStrict: true
//uglify2: {} // https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2
}
}
},
useminPrepare: {
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html',
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
},
usemin: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
options: {
dirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>']
}
},
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
cssmin: {
dist: {
files: {
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'
]
}
}
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
/*removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/44
//collapseWhitespace: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeAttributeQuotes: true,
removeRedundantAttributes: true,
useShortDoctype: true,
removeEmptyAttributes: true,
removeOptionalTags: true*/
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: '*.html',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp,gif}',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'bower_components/sass-bootstrap/fonts/*.*'
]
}]
}
},
bower: {
all: {
rjsConfig: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/main.js'
}
},
handlebars: {
compile: {
options: {
namespace: 'JST',
amd: true
},
files: {
'.tmp/scripts/templates.js': ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/templates/*.hbs']
}
}
},
rev: {
dist: {
files: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp}',
'/styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'bower_components/sass-bootstrap/fonts/*.*'
]
}
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('createDefaultTemplate', function () {
grunt.file.write('.tmp/scripts/templates.js', 'this.JST = this.JST || {};');
});
grunt.registerTask('server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'open', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
if (target === 'test') {
return grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'coffee',
'createDefaultTemplate',
'handlebars',
'compass:server',
'connect:test',
'watch:livereload'
]);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'coffee:dist',
'createDefaultTemplate',
'handlebars',
'compass:server',
'connect:livereload',
'open',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'coffee',
'createDefaultTemplate',
'handlebars',
'compass',
'jasmine',
'watch:test'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'coffee',
'createDefaultTemplate',
'handlebars',
'compass:dist',
'useminPrepare',
'requirejs',
'imagemin',
'htmlmin',
'concat',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'copy',
'rev',
'usemin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};

You have to comment out the rev task in the custom build task.
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'coffee',
'createDefaultTemplate',
'handlebars',
'compass:dist',
'useminPrepare',
'requirejs',
'imagemin',
'htmlmin',
'concat',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'copy',
// 'rev',
'usemin'
]);

Had to add svg to the copy action in the gruntfile.js - hash doesn't appear to affect linking

Grunt -- Running a Connect and Express server on the same port

I'm newb-ish when it comes to Grunt, and am curious if it's possible to run both servers on the same port together. I'm having some trouble with it already... the problem is probably in the Grunt file.
I'm using grunt-contrib-connect and grunt-express-server for the respective functions. Ideally, what happens is grunt server will spin up the connect server, livereload, and the express server.
My Grunt file is below. Thanks!!
'use strict';
module.exports = function (grunt) {
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
grunt.initConfig({
yeoman: {
// configurable paths
app: require('./bower.json').appPath || 'app',
dist: 'dist'
},
watch: {
styles: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{css,less}'],
tasks: ['copy:styles', 'autoprefixer', 'less']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/}*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.{css,less}',
'{.tmp,<%= yeoman.app %>}/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
autoprefixer: {
options: ['last 1 version'],
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
// Change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside.
hostname: 'localhost',
livereload: 35729,
keepalive: true
},
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
]
}
},
test: {
options: {
port: 9001,
base: [
'.tmp',
'test',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
]
}
},
dist: {
options: {
base: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
}
},
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc'
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
less: {
development: {
options: {
paths: ["<%= yeoman.app %>/styles"],
yuicompress: true
}
},
files: {
"<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/style.css": "<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/style.less"
}
},
/*shell: {
launchExpress: {
command: function () {
console.log('Launching the API...');
return 'coffee server.coffee';
},
options: {
stdout: true
}
}
},*/
coffee: {
compile: {
files: {
'./server.js': './server.coffee'
}
}
},
express: {
options: {
// Override defaults here
},
dev: {
options: {
script: './server.js'
}
},
prod: {
options: {
script: './server.js',
node_env: 'production'
}
},
test: {
options: {
script: './server.js'
}
}
},
// not used since Uglify task does concat,
// but still available if needed
/*concat: {
dist: {}
},*/
rev: {
dist: {
files: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/*'
]
}
}
},
useminPrepare: {
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html',
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
},
usemin: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
options: {
dirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>']
}
},
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
cssmin: {
// By default, your `index.html` <!-- Usemin Block --> will take care of
// minification. This option is pre-configured if you do not wish to use
// Usemin blocks.
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
// '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
/*removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/44
//collapseWhitespace: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeAttributeQuotes: true,
removeRedundantAttributes: true,
useShortDoctype: true,
removeEmptyAttributes: true,
removeOptionalTags: true*/
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: ['*.html', 'views/*.html'],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// Put files not handled in other tasks here
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'bower_components/**/*',
'images/{,*/}*.{gif,webp}',
'styles/fonts/*'
]
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/images',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
src: [
'generated/*'
]
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
concurrent: {
server: [
'coffee',
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'coffee',
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin',
'htmlmin'
]
},
cdnify: {
dist: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/*.html']
}
},
ngmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts',
src: '*.js',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts'
}]
}
},
uglify: {
dist: {
files: {
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js': [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js'
]
}
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer',
'express:dev',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'concat',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'ngmin',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'rev',
'usemin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};

You may want to check out https://github.com/blai/grunt-express which has all this built in

If you want to use the same port:
Use a different protocol for both Connect and Express
Use a subdomain for either Connect or Express
Use a virtual host