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Grunt file not doing a proper build

So I started my project using Yeoman with 'yo angular'. Since, I have added additional file structure (i.e. broke views and scripts into folders based on project area), added additional packages to use in my project, etc.... Running 'grunt serve' and it loads and works great locally as it should. Prior to this I hadn't done anything with grunt so just went with the default provided with the build from yo angular. Hadn't modified it yet. So when time to port this to a server and going to run just 'grunt' so that I get what I need to deploy, this is where I am having issues.
Here is my gruntfile.js:
// Generated on 2015-04-02 using generator-angular 0.11.1
'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) {
// 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().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'],
options: {
assetsDirs: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles'
]
}
},
// 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,
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',
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}',
'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'
]
},
// 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: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',
'concat',
'ngAnnotate',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'filerev',
'usemin',
'htmlmin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'newer:jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};
So when I do this, the first thing that fails is the test with this:
PhantomJS 1.9.8 (Windows 8): Executed 2 of 2 (2 FAILED) ERROR (0.04
secs / 0.016 secs) Warning: Task "karma:unit" failed. Use --force to
continue.
So then I simple run 'grunt --force'. Then, it seems to run fine, but has many warnings and in the "dist" folder, I only get root level html files (the index.html and 404.html) and just the fonts folder. None of the other views and none of the scripts or anything are shown or taken care of. My project folder structure is as shown in the attached 2 images:
and
Again, I simple want to build it all to one folder as I thought it did. Not worried yet of test and all.
Can anyone here assist please?
Thanks much.

Your copy task is only copying the root level html files and html files under the directory views which you don't have on your project.
Assuming that brok, emp, ppt, shared has html files in it; I suggest you try to modify your copy task to be:
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'*.html',
'brok/{,*/}*.html',
'emp/{,*/}*.html',
'ppt/{,*/}*.html',
'shared/{,*/}*.html',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp}',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*'
]
}, ....
},
Also htmlmin to be modified like this
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
collapseWhitespace: true,
conservativeCollapse: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
removeOptionalTags: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: ['*.html', 'brok/{,*/}*.html', 'emp/{,*/}*.html', 'ppt/{,*/}*.html', 'shared/{,*/}*.html'],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},

(AngularJS) Injection doesn't work after set up UI-Router

I created a directory (root/app/views/partials/) and when I edit a partial view nothing change in the browser (no injection). I have to edit a file like app.js to see changements done on partials/home.html for exemple (or reload the page).
Is there something to do to say that there is a new directory to observe for grunt or something else? With ng-route everything were good and normally ui-router can done at least the same thing than ng-route.
root>app>app.js
angular
.module('frontApp', [
'ngAnimate',
'ngAria',
'ngCookies',
'ngMessages',
'ngResource',
'ngSanitize',
'ngTouch',
'ui.router'
]).config(['$stateProvider','$urlRouterProvider',function($stateProvider,$urlRouterProvider){
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/');
$stateProvider
.state('home', {
url: '/',
templateUrl: '../views/partials/home.html',
controller: function($scope){
$scope.msg = 'Xavier';
}
});
}]);
root>app>views>index.html
<div id="container" ui-view></div>
root>app>views>partials>home.html
<div>
<p>It doesn't work</p>
</div>
I don't understand why I have to reload manually each evertime I edit something on a partial view.
I think the problem come from Grunt because I have the problem only in the directory i just created. So I will give you grunt information too :
gruntfile.js
// Generated on 2015-05-30 using generator-angular 0.11.1
'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) {
// 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().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'],
options: {
assetsDirs: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles'
]
}
},
// 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,
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',
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}',
'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'
]
},
// 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: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',
'concat',
'ngAnnotate',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'filerev',
'usemin',
'htmlmin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'newer:jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};
EDIT: If I move the partial view to the views directory it work normally so I think I have to configure which directory will be observed by grunt or something like that.

I found that the problem seems to be that Grunt doesn't watch my new folder partials. I found a gruntfile.js and inside it there is
grunt.initConfig({
...
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/}*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
...
})
I added the line
<%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/}/{,*/}*.html
in the 'files' array but I can't explain what is it... I've seen that there is only one level watched by grunt but I don't understand the expression. I would to watch all the html file in views and all the files in all directories in views but I don't know how to do that. Is it regular expression ?
Now it work but not as I wanted. When I'll know what is the expression I'll try to do the right expression to make grunt watch everything in views directoy.
EDIT1: I found this Simple regex in Gruntfile But I don't know how to make it recursive for all directories. When I found the right solution I post it here immediately.
EDIT2: Don't use my first try on top of this post. I have understand what happend and I will explain you the best I can.
'<%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/}*.html' (yeoman.app = 'app')
will match
app/*.html
or
app/*/*.html
and I had
app/views/partials/home.html
so I edit this line for looking for deeper dir (here 2 levels more). I replaced the current line with this one :
'<%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/,*/*/,*/*/*/}*.html'
for more information about the globbing pattern see link in edit1

Grunt build causing Angular app to crash on dist

I am using Grunt and executing cmd "grunt build" to create a distribution folder containing an AngularJS app.
As a standalone my app is working fine. Once I create a distribution for the app the app starts to crash pretty quickly.
I am seeing in F12 Tools Console is:
10 $digest() iterations reached. Aborting!
I am suspicious of a file in my .tmp directory called vendor.js and a failure to minify, uglify and or concat this file correctly because of controller dependency injection variables mangling injected controller arguments like "$scope" to "a" for example, even though I am using ngAnnotate.
See I am using UglifyJs and calling ngAnnotate before Uglify and Concat but I cannot remove UglifyJs from useMinPrepare or I have other errors such as the scripts directory not even being created in my dist directory:
useminPrepare: {
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html',
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
flow: {
html: {
steps: {
js: ['concat', 'uglifyjs'],
css: ['cssmin']
},
post: {}
}
}
}
},
I am setting mangle = false in my GruntJs file but I am suspicious of useMinPrepare js: ['concat', 'uglifyjs'] changing the sequence of execution and running uglify before ngAnnotate can run when useMin is called, even though I call useMin after ngAnnotate.
I am new to Grunt and this app has been passed to me from another developer.
I found this article that doesn't exactly make sense to me and also isn't a code change that seems to apply to my Gruntfile.js but I thought maybe I was on to something:
https://github.com/DaftMonk/generator-angular-fullstack/issues/164
I have set the Uglify mangle option to false but it has not fixed my issue.
Here is my Gruntfile.js code:
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);
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-connect-proxy');
// Define the configuration for all the tasks
grunt.initConfig({
// Project settings
yeoman: {
// configurable paths
app: require('./bower.json').appPath || 'app',
dist: 'dist'
},
// Watches files for changes and runs tasks based on the changed files
watch: {
bower: {
files: ['bower.json'],
tasks: ['bowerInstall']
},
js: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/**/*.js'],
// tasks: ['newer:jshint:all'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
html: {
files: ['**/*.html'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
jsTest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:test', 'karma']
},
compass: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
tasks: ['compass:server', '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: '0.0.0.0',
//hostname: 'localhost',
livereload: 35729
},
proxies: [{
context: ['/api', '/images'],
host: '127.0.0.1',
port: 60878,
changeOrigin: true
}],
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
],
middleware: function (connect, options) {
var middlewares = [];
if (!Array.isArray(options.base)) {
options.base = [options.base];
}
// Setup the proxy
middlewares.push(require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest);
// setup push state
middlewares.push(require('grunt-connect-pushstate/lib/utils').pushState());
// Serve static files
options.base.forEach(function(base) {
middlewares.push(connect.static(base));
});
return middlewares;
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
port: 9001,
base: [
'.tmp',
'test',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
]
}
},
dist: {
options: {
base: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
middleware: function (connect, options) {
var middlewares = [];
if (!Array.isArray(options.base)) {
options.base = [options.base];
}
// Setup the proxy
middlewares.push(require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest);
// setup push state
middlewares.push(require('grunt-connect-pushstate/lib/utils').pushState());
// Serve static files
options.base.forEach(function(base) {
middlewares.push(connect.static(base));
});
return middlewares;
}
}
}
},
// Make sure code styles are up to par and there are no obvious mistakes
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc',
reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
},
all: [
'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
bowerInstall: {
app: {
src: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'],
ignorePath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/'
// ,exclude : ["bower_components/angular-snap/angular-snap.css"]
},
sass: {
src: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
ignorePath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components/'
}
},
// Compiles Sass to CSS and generates necessary files if requested
compass: {
options: {
sassDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
cssDir: '.tmp/styles',
generatedImagesDir: '.tmp/images/generated',
imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
javascriptsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
importPath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components',
httpImagesPath: '/images',
httpGeneratedImagesPath: '/images/generated',
httpFontsPath: '/styles/fonts',
relativeAssets: false,
assetCacheBuster: false,
raw: 'Sass::Script::Number.precision = 10\n'
},
dist: {
options: {
generatedImagesDir: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/generated',
fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts'
}
},
server: {
options: {
debugInfo: false
}
}
},
// Renames files for browser caching purposes
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/*'
]
}
}
},
// 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: {}
}
}
}
},
uglify: {
dist: {
options : {
report: 'min',
mangle : false
// compress: false,
// beautify : true
}
}
},
// Performs rewrites based on rev and the useminPrepare configuration
usemin: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
options: {
assetsDirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>', '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts', '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images' ]
}
},
concat: {
options: {
separator: grunt.util.linefeed + ";" + grunt.util.linefeed
}
},
// The following *-min tasks produce minified files in the dist folder
// cssmin: {
// options: {
// root: '<%= yeoman.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,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
removeOptionalTags: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: ['*.html', 'scripts/{,*/}*.html'],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// ngmin tries to make the code safe for minification automatically by
// using the Angular long form for dependency injection. It doesn't work on
// things like resolve or inject so those have to be done manually.
ngAnnotate: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/concat/scripts',
src: '*.js',
dest: '.tmp/concat/scripts'
}]
}
},
ngtemplates: {
fctrs: {
cwd: "<%= yeoman.app %>",
src: ['scripts/**/*.html'],
dest: '.tmp/concat/scripts/templates.js'
}
},
// 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}',
'styles/fonts/*',
'statics/**',
'test_data/**/*.json'
]
},
{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/images',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
src: ['generated/*']
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
processhtml: {
options : {
commentMarker : "process"
},
dist: {
files: {
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/index.html':['<%= yeoman.dist %>/index.html']
}
}
},
// Run some tasks in parallel to speed up the build process
concurrent: {
server: [
'compass:server'
],
test: [
'compass'
],
dist: [
'compass:dist',
'imagemin',
'svgmin'
]
},
// Test settings
karma: {
unit: {
configFile: 'karma.conf.js',
singleRun: true
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('serve', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'configureProxies:server', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'bowerInstall',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer',
'configureProxies:server',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('server', 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',
'bowerInstall',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'concat',
'ngAnnotate',
'ngtemplates',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'rev',
'usemin',
'processhtml',
'htmlmin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'newer:jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};

So I went down the wrong path thinking smoothing was wrong with Uglify or concat or minification.
The error did not occur with grunt serve but did occur only after a dist package was created with grunt build:dist
So it was deceiving in a sense that my Angular app DID work fine until I created a dist package.
The issue was for me, that I originally had a <ng-include src="'scripts/navigation/navigationMobile.html'"></ng-include> element in my Index.html file.
At some point I created a custom element directive <my-nav></my-nav> which used the same templateUrl = scripts/navigation/navigationMobile.html but I forgot to remove the <ng-include src="'scripts/navigation/navigationMobile.html'"></ng-include> element from my Index.html that <my-nav></my-nav> was intended to replace.
For whatever reason the 10 $digest() iterations reached. Aborting! only occurred after running grunt build and creating the minified, Uglified vendor.js file, it did not occur when just developing and testing using grunt serve but I do not know the exact reason that the error only presented itself after grunt build.
Maybe someone can answer that.

I noticed we need to give a hint to ng-annotate in two cases:
Subclassing (ES6 class) when super class has injectables on constructor and sub class has no constructor;
$get method of a provider
Error in digest check is occurring from a task that only runs in grunt build, or is related to you creating a directive from an ng-include.
When you change from ng-include to have it as your directive's template, angular will suspend compilation until the next digest, when template is eventually loaded, even when it is already in $templateCache.
Reference: https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$compile (see templateUrl)
As a final note, I'd have take a look on ngtemplates because it avoids requests over the wire, and angular compiles templates out-of-order when they come from an external resource, it could be a bug on your implementation of that directive or any of its parents, which is not calling $compile correctly.

To fix this error just open the Gruntfile.js file and add the line extDot: 'last' in both task cssmin and task uglify.
Ex:
cssmin: {
all: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: srcDir,
src: '**/*.css',
dest: buildDir,
ext: '.min.css',
extDot: 'last'
}]
}
},
...
uglify: {
all: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: srcDir,
src: ['**/*.js', '!**/*-spec.js'],
dest: buildDir,
ext: '.min.js',
extDot: 'last'
}]
}
},

CSS/JS Files aren't being included in HTML with Grunt JS

Currently trying to process a build and I've gotten the source files to be included into the dist directory. But the files aren't being included into the index.html files within my yeoman webapp.
Just need to know what else I need to do to have these files included within the index.html build.
Here's my Gruntfile.js
// Generated on 2014-10-17 using
// generator-webapp 0.5.0
'use strict';
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// If you want to recursively match all subfolders, use:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// Load grunt tasks automatically
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
// Configurable paths
var config = {
app: 'app',
dist: 'dist'
};
// Define the configuration for all the tasks
grunt.initConfig({
// Project settings
config: config,
// Watches files for changes and runs tasks based on the changed files
watch: {
bower: {
files: ['bower.json'],
tasks: ['wiredep']
},
js: {
files: ['<%= config.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['jshint'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
jstest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['test:watch']
},
gruntfile: {
files: ['Gruntfile.js']
},
sass: {
files: ['<%= config.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
tasks: ['sass:server', 'autoprefixer']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= config.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
tasks: ['newer:copy:styles', 'autoprefixer']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= config.app %>/{,*/}*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= config.app %>/images/{,*/}*'
]
}
},
// The actual grunt server settings
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
open: true,
livereload: 35729,
// Change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside
hostname: 'localhost'
},
livereload: {
options: {
middleware: function(connect) {
return [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect().use('/bower_components', connect.static('./bower_components')),
connect.static(config.app)
];
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
open: false,
port: 9001,
middleware: function(connect) {
return [
connect.static('.tmp'),
connect.static('test'),
connect().use('/bower_components', connect.static('./bower_components')),
connect.static(config.app)
];
}
}
},
dist: {
options: {
base: '<%= config.dist %>',
livereload: false
}
}
},
// Empties folders to start fresh
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= config.dist %>/*',
'!<%= config.dist %>/.git*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
// Make sure code styles are up to par and there are no obvious mistakes
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc',
reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= config.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'!<%= config.app %>/scripts/vendor/*',
'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
// Mocha testing framework configuration options
mocha: {
all: {
options: {
run: true,
urls: ['http://<%= connect.test.options.hostname %>:<%= connect.test.options.port %>/index.html']
}
}
},
// Compiles Sass to CSS and generates necessary files if requested
sass: {
options: {
sourcemap: false,
loadPath: 'bower_components'
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>/styles',
src: ['*.{scss,sass}'],
dest: '.tmp/styles',
ext: '.css'
}]
},
server: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>/styles',
src: ['*.{scss,sass}'],
dest: '.tmp/styles',
ext: '.css'
}]
}
},
// Add vendor prefixed styles
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['> 1%', 'last 2 versions', 'Firefox ESR', 'Opera 12.1']
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// Automatically inject Bower components into the HTML file
wiredep: {
app: {
ignorePath: /^\/|\.\.\//,
src: ['<%= config.app %>/index.html']
},
sass: {
src: ['<%= config.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
ignorePath: /(\.\.\/){1,2}bower_components\//
}
},
// Renames files for browser caching purposes
rev: {
dist: {
files: {
src: [
'<%= config.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= config.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= config.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.*',
'<%= config.dist %>/styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'<%= config.dist %>/*.{ico,png}'
]
}
}
},
// 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: {
options: {
dest: '<%= config.dist %>'
},
html: '<%= config.app %>/index.html'
},
// Performs rewrites based on rev and the useminPrepare configuration
usemin: {
options: {
assetsDirs: ['<%= config.dist %>', '<%= config.dist %>/images']
},
html: ['<%= config.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= config.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css']
},
// The following *-min tasks produce minified files in the dist folder
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{gif,jpeg,jpg,png}',
dest: '<%= config.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= config.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
collapseWhitespace: false,
conservativeCollapse: true,
removeAttributeQuotes: false,
removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
removeEmptyAttributes: false,
removeOptionalTags: false,
removeRedundantAttributes: false,
useShortDoctype: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= config.dist %>',
src: '{,*/}*.html',
dest: '<%= config.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// 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: {
// '<%= config.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
// '<%= config.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
// uglify: {
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= config.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js': [
// '<%= config.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
// concat: {
// dist: {}
// },
// Copies remaining files to places other tasks can use
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>',
dest: '<%= config.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'images/{,*/}*.webp',
'{,*/}*.html',
'fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'styles/vendor/{,*/}*.*',
'scripts/vendor/{,*/}*.*'
]
}, {
src: 'node_modules/apache-server-configs/dist/.htaccess',
dest: '<%= config.dist %>/.htaccess'
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
// Generates a custom Modernizr build that includes only the tests you
// reference in your app
modernizr: {
dist: {
devFile: 'bower_components/modernizr/modernizr.js',
outputFile: '<%= config.dist %>/scripts/vendor/modernizr.js',
files: {
src: [
'<%= config.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= config.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'!<%= config.dist %>/scripts/vendor/*'
]
},
uglify: true
}
},
// Run some tasks in parallel to speed up build process
concurrent: {
server: [
'sass:server',
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'sass',
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin'
]
}
});
grunt.registerTask('serve', 'start the server and preview your app, --allow-remote for remote access', function (target) {
if (grunt.option('allow-remote')) {
grunt.config.set('connect.options.hostname', '0.0.0.0');
}
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', function (target) {
grunt.log.warn('The `server` task has been deprecated. Use `grunt serve` to start a server.');
grunt.task.run([target ? ('serve:' + target) : 'serve']);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', function (target) {
if (target !== 'watch') {
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer'
]);
}
grunt.task.run([
'connect:test',
'mocha'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'wiredep',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'concat',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'copy:dist',
'modernizr',
'rev',
'usemin',
'htmlmin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'newer:jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};

I had a similar problem. You have to provide a reference for wiredep part of the process, it wires the different bits of your web site together.
If you look at the index.html file created when you fist ran yeoman, you should seem some references to included files in the <-- comments. You need to duplicate these, with the files that you want to include between them.
The starting references is
<!--build:js({app,.tmp}) blah blah and the end references is <!-- endbuild -->

Optimizing Grunt

I am using grunt to merge reoccurring elements (footer, menu bar..) into pages of a simple website using bake.
In my root directory I call grunt --force
The process consumes a lot of time:
mocha:all 11.1s
concurrent:dist 400.1s
Total 414.5s
Question: How can I optimize the process and save time?
Gruntfile.js looks like this:
'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);
// Define the configuration for all the tasks
grunt.initConfig({
// Project settings
config: {
// Configurable paths
app: 'app',
dist: 'dist/public',
prebake: 'appPreBake'
},
bake: {
build: {
options: {
basePath: 'appPreBake'
},
files: {
// Files that use templates should live in appPreBake.
// Add new files to the list below so that they will be
// added to the app/ folder, where they are served for the
// test server. When built they are compiled and put in the
// dist folder.
//
// grunt-bake adopts the formula:
// outputFile: templateFile
'<%= config.app %>/index.html': '<%= config.prebake %>/index.html',
'<%= config.app %>/first/index.html': '<%= config.prebake %>/first/index.html',
'<%= config.app %>/second/index.html': '<%= config.prebake %>/second/index.html',
'<%= config.app %>/third/index.html': '<%= config.prebake %>/third/index.html',
'<%= config.app %>/photos/index.html': '<%= config.prebake %>/photos/index.html',
'<%= config.app %>/about/index.html': '<%= config.prebake %>/about/index.html',
'<%= config.app %>blog.html': '<%= config.prebake %>blog.html'
}
}
},
// Watches files for changes and runs tasks based on the changed files
watch: {
// We want to rerun bake every time we change a template file in
// the prebake directory.
bake: {
files: ['appPreBake/**'],
tasks: 'bake:build'
},
bower: {
files: ['bower.json'],
tasks: ['bowerInstall']
},
js: {
files: ['<%= config.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['jshint'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
jstest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['test:watch']
},
gruntfile: {
files: ['Gruntfile.js']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= config.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
tasks: ['newer:copy:styles', 'autoprefixer']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= config.app %>/{,*/}*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= config.app %>/images/{,*/}*'
]
}
},
// The actual grunt server settings
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
livereload: 35729,
// Change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside
hostname: 'localhost'
},
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
'<%= config.app %>'
]
}
},
test: {
options: {
port: 9001,
base: [
'.tmp',
'test',
'<%= config.app %>'
]
}
},
dist: {
options: {
open: true,
base: '<%= config.dist %>',
livereload: false
}
}
},
// Empties folders to start fresh
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= config.dist %>/*',
'!<%= config.dist %>/.git*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
// Make sure code styles are up to par and there are no obvious mistakes
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc',
reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= config.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'!<%= config.app %>/scripts/vendor/*',
'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
// Mocha testing framework configuration options
mocha: {
all: {
options: {
run: true,
urls: ['http://<%= connect.test.options.hostname %>:<%= connect.test.options.port %>/index.html']
}
}
},
// 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 HTML file
bowerInstall: {
app: {
src: ['<%= config.app %>/index.html'],
ignorePath: '<%= config.app %>/'
}
},
// Renames files for browser caching purposes
rev: {
dist: {
files: {
src: [
'<%= config.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= config.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= config.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.*',
'<%= config.dist %>/styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'<%= config.dist %>/*.{ico,png}'
]
}
}
},
// 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: {
options: {
dest: '<%= config.dist %>'
},
html: '<%= config.app %>/index.html'
},
// Performs rewrites based on rev and the useminPrepare configuration
usemin: {
options: {
assetsDirs: ['<%= config.dist %>', '<%= config.dist %>/images']
},
html: ['<%= config.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= config.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css']
},
// The following *-min tasks produce minified files in the dist folder
imagemin: {
// There are several issues with this task in version 0.5.x. If you
// are encountering problems where it hangs, claims to not find
// files, or progresses on subsequent runs but emitting images of
// size 0, uncomment this options object. It will stop caching and
// this should fix the problem, although it will take longer.
// For a more thorough discussion, see the following links:
// https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-imagemin/issues/140
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21175673/grunt-contrib-imagemin-output-fatal-error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory
//options: {
// cache: false
//},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{gif,jpeg,jpg,png}',
dest: '<%= config.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= config.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
collapseWhitespace: true,
removeAttributeQuotes: true,
removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
removeEmptyAttributes: true,
removeOptionalTags: true,
removeRedundantAttributes: true,
useShortDoctype: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= config.dist %>',
src: '{,*/}*.html',
dest: '<%= config.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// 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: {
// '<%= config.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
// '<%= config.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
// uglify: {
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= config.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js': [
// '<%= config.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
// concat: {
// dist: {}
// },
// Copies remaining files to places other tasks can use
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>',
dest: '<%= config.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'images/{,*/}*.webp',
'{,*/}*.html',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'bower_components/bootstrap/dist/fonts/*.*'
]
}, {
// Have to manually add this copying to ensure that the
// glyphicons make it over.
// This solution comes from:
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18572941/why-does-yeoman-build-without-glyphicons
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/fonts',
dest: '<%= config.dist %>/fonts',
src: '*.*'
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= config.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
// Run some tasks in parallel to speed up build process
concurrent: {
server: [
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin'
]
}
});
grunt.registerTask('serve', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('server', function (target) {
grunt.log.warn('The `server` task has been deprecated. Use `grunt serve` to start a server.');
grunt.task.run([target ? ('serve:' + target) : 'serve']);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', function (target) {
if (target !== 'watch') {
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer'
]);
}
grunt.task.run([
'connect:test',
'mocha'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'bake',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'concat',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'copy:dist',
'rev',
'usemin',
'htmlmin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'newer:jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};

first you need to see exactly where the problem is try running grunt using -v flag
grunt -v
and post the steps here. Please keep in mind to mark the step which will seem to stuck the whole process.
For time and performance try using time-grunt plugin which is going to show you nice duration graphs for each task.