My Gruntfile checks which Git branch I'm on (dev, test or prod) and if "prod" I want to minify/compress the CSS with compass (grunt-contrib-compass).
But I'm unable to change the outputStyle property in compass options.
However I'm able to change my custom meta.build.outputStyle to "compressed" in the deploy function, but unable to change compass.site_x.options.outputStyle by reading that meta variable. Any ideas?
Gruntfile summary (parts excluded):
module.exports = function(grunt) {
grunt.initConfig({
meta:{
build: {
outputStyle: 'expanded'
}
},
compass: {
site_x: {
options: { // Target options
sassDir: 'sass',
specify: 'sass/legacy/main.scss',
cssDir: 'dist/styles',
imagesDir: "images",
outputStyle: "<%= meta.build.outputStyle %>",
config: "./config.rb"
}
}
},
.... //misc
});
.... //misc
function deploy(environment) {
if(environment === "prod") {
grunt.log.oklns("Starting deploy to PROD");
grunt.config.set("meta.build.outputStyle", "compressed");
grunt.log.oklns("outputStyle: "+grunt.config.get('meta').build.outputStyle); // prints "compressed"
}
}
....
I got nothing wrong in the terminal but Chrome doesn't answer to change on my html files and don't automatically reload the page.
I include 'livereload.js' in my index.html but i'm not sure if it's required.
Thanks for your help.
module.exports = function(grunt) {
// Load Grunt tasks declared in the package.json file
require('matchdep').filterDev('grunt-*').forEach(grunt.loadNpmTasks);
// Configure Grunt
grunt.initConfig({
// Grunt express - our webserver
// https://github.com/blai/grunt-express
express: {
all: {
options: {
bases: ['/Users/antoine/Dropbox/prog/projets/antoine/'],
port: 8080,
hostname: "localhost",
livereload: true
}
}
},
// grunt-watch will monitor the projects files
// https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-watch
watch: {
all: {
files: '**/*.html',
options: {
livereload: true,
interval: 1500,
}
}
},
// grunt-open will open your browser at the project's URL
// https://www.npmjs.org/package/grunt-open
open: {
all: {
path: 'http://localhost:8080/index.html'
}
}
});
// Creates the `server` task
grunt.registerTask('server', [
'express',
'open',
'watch'
]);
};
My code is pretty simple, and the grunt file is,
module.exports = function(grunt) {
var proxySnippet = require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest;
grunt.initConfig({
connect: {
server: {
options: {
hostname: "localhost",
keepalive: true,
base:['../web/'],
port: 8080,
middleware: function(connect, options) {
return [proxySnippet];
},
debug: true
}
}
}
});
// grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-connect-proxy');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-connect');
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'connect:server'
]);
};
there's an index.html, and the path is "../web/index.html". When I open
"http://localhost:8080"
it gives "Cannot GET /". Any idea why this is happening?
For directory structure like the following:
-node_modules
-templates
---index.html
---login.html
-Gruntfile.js
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
livereload: true,
hostname: 'localhost',
},
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
base: ['templates/']
}
}
}
This open the complete directory structure of templates on the browser to navigate to any html page.
Remove the middleware proxy, like this:
module.exports = function(grunt) {
var proxySnippet = require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest;
grunt.initConfig({
connect: {
server: {
options: {
hostname: "localhost",
keepalive: true,
base:['../web/'],
port: 8081,
debug: true
}
}
}
});
// grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-connect-proxy');
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-connect');
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'connect:server'
]);
};
And must work.
On my MEAN stack application, I'm trying make changes to the HTML view files and see those changes as I make them using Grunt's livereload.
Grunt's livereload is working fine in the sense that it detects changes in my HTML files and refreshes the page during development. However, the actual changes are not reflecting on the page. If I push the files up the server, and reload the publicly available site, the changes are there. But I still can't see the changes while I'm developing.
I'm 99% sure that the problem has to do with the server is using the "build" files or something rather than the files located in the /public folder. However, I'm new to using the back-end and the MEAN stack and can't figure out what file the browser is showing or where this file is. Could anyone give any guidance on how to figure out what file the browser is displaying and what I can do to show HTML changes I make as I make them?
Here is my gruntfile if this helps. The below files I'm making changes to are watchFiles.clientViews.
'use strict';
module.exports = function(grunt) {
// Unified Watch Object
var watchFiles = {
serverViews: ['app/views/**/*.*'],
serverJS: ['gruntfile.js', 'server.js', 'config/**/*.js', 'app/**/*.js'],
clientViews: ['public/modules/**/views/**/*.html'],
clientJS: ['public/js/*.js', 'public/modules/**/*.js'],
clientCSS: ['public/modules/**/*.css'],
mochaTests: ['app/tests/**/*.js']
};
// Project Configuration
grunt.initConfig({
pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
watch: {
options: { livereload: true },
serverViews: {
files: [watchFiles.serverViews],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
serverJS: {
files: watchFiles.serverJS,
tasks: ['jshint'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
clientViews: {
files: watchFiles.clientViews,
options: {
livereload: true,
}
},
clientJS: {
files: watchFiles.clientJS,
tasks: ['jshint'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
clientCSS: {
files: watchFiles.clientCSS,
tasks: ['csslint'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
}
},
jshint: {
all: {
src: watchFiles.clientJS.concat(watchFiles.serverJS),
options: {
jshintrc: true
}
}
},
csslint: {
options: {
csslintrc: '.csslintrc',
},
all: {
src: watchFiles.clientCSS
}
},
uglify: {
production: {
options: {
mangle: false
},
files: {
'public/dist/application.min.js': 'public/dist/application.js'
}
}
},
cssmin: {
combine: {
files: {
'public/dist/application.min.css': '<%= applicationCSSFiles %>'
}
}
},
nodemon: {
dev: {
script: 'server.js',
options: {
nodeArgs: ['--debug'],
ext: 'js,html',
watch: watchFiles.serverViews.concat(watchFiles.serverJS)
}
}
},
'node-inspector': {
custom: {
options: {
'web-port': 1337,
'web-host': 'localhost',
'debug-port': 5858,
'save-live-edit': true,
'no-preload': true,
'stack-trace-limit': 50,
'hidden': []
}
}
},
ngAnnotate: {
production: {
files: {
'public/dist/application.js': '<%= applicationJavaScriptFiles %>'
}
}
},
concurrent: {
default: ['nodemon', 'watch'],
debug: ['nodemon', 'watch', 'node-inspector'],
options: {
logConcurrentOutput: true,
limit: 10
}
},
env: {
test: {
NODE_ENV: 'test'
}
},
mochaTest: {
src: watchFiles.mochaTests,
options: {
reporter: 'spec',
require: 'server.js'
}
},
karma: {
unit: {
configFile: 'karma.conf.js'
}
}
});
// Load NPM tasks
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
// Making grunt default to force in order not to break the project.
grunt.option('force', true);
// A Task for loading the configuration object
grunt.task.registerTask('loadConfig', 'Task that loads the config into a grunt option.', function() {
var init = require('./config/init')();
var config = require('./config/config');
grunt.config.set('applicationJavaScriptFiles', config.assets.js);
grunt.config.set('applicationCSSFiles', config.assets.css);
});
// Default task(s).
grunt.registerTask('default', ['lint', 'concurrent:default']);
// Debug task.
grunt.registerTask('debug', ['lint', 'concurrent:debug']);
// Lint task(s).
grunt.registerTask('lint', ['jshint', 'csslint']);
// Build task(s).
grunt.registerTask('build', ['lint', 'loadConfig', 'ngAnnotate', 'uglify', 'cssmin']);
// Test task.
grunt.registerTask('test', ['env:test', 'mochaTest', 'karma:unit']);
};
In addition, here is the file structure to my MEAN stack. The highlighted below is where the HTML file that I'm making changes to is located.
Please let me know if there is any other code or info I could provide that would make solving this problem easier. Thank you.
Update: Content of Server.js
Here is my server.js content:
'use strict';
/**
* Module dependencies.
*/
var init = require('./config/init')(),
config = require('./config/config'),
mongoose = require('mongoose');
/**
* Main application entry file.
* Please note that the order of loading is important.
*/
// Bootstrap db connection
var db = mongoose.connect(config.db, function(err) {
if (err) {
console.error('\x1b[31m', 'Could not connect to MongoDB!');
console.log(err);
}
});
// Init the express application
var app = require('./config/express')(db);
// Bootstrap passport config
require('./config/passport')();
// Start the app by listening on <port>
app.listen(config.port);
// Expose app
exports = module.exports = app;
// Logging initialization
console.log('MEAN.JS application started on port ' + config.port);
It's hard to tell exactly what your "server.js" is serving without seeing the contents of it, but if my assumption is correct and you are serving the contents of the "public" directory, you don't have any sort of task being fired by watch that facilitates copying the contents of your changed files into your "public" directory. It looks like this happens initially when your server is started (by running the build task), but not run subsequently whenever something is changed.
I would suggest modifying your watch tasks to perform some of the build-related tasks on your files as they are changed. Since your build-related tasks are physically copying the changes to the "public" directory for you as part of their jobs, you should finally see the results of your changes. Here's an example of your watch task list that's modified to copy your JS and CSS files on change:
watch: {
options: { livereload: true },
serverViews: {
files: [watchFiles.serverViews],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
serverJS: {
files: watchFiles.serverJS,
tasks: ['jshint', 'loadConfig', 'ngAnnotate', 'uglify'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
clientViews: {
files: watchFiles.clientViews,
options: {
livereload: true,
}
},
clientJS: {
files: watchFiles.clientJS,
tasks: ['jshint', 'loadConfig', 'ngAnnotate', 'uglify'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
clientCSS: {
files: watchFiles.clientCSS,
tasks: ['csslint', 'cssmin'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
}
},
One last thing: Assuming your views don't need to have any modifications done to them post-change, you can simply straight-up copy them to the public directory when they are changed. Take a look at grunt-contrib-copy for doing simple file copying between directories.
I was facing the same issue and solved it by disabling the cache in the network tab
Go to Inspect -> Network and make sure disable cache is checked.
Hope this helps someone in future :)
I've consulted this answer as a starting point, in addition to the watch github page.
My watch task looks like this:
watch: {
less: {
files: ['less/**/*.less'],
tasks: ['less'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
handlebars: {
files: ['templates/**/*.hbs'],
tasks: ['handlebars'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
}
}
First I tried with the browser extension, and then later I added this script (and verified that it is loaded) in my index.html
<script src="//localhost:35729/livereload.js"></script>
I also tried adding this to my watch js:
livereload: {
files: ['dev/**/*'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
}
I also have a connect task, and I've tried running grunt with or without it to no avail.
connect: {
dev: {
options: {
port: 35729
}
}
}
And still no live-reload...
this is my Gruntfile.js and my connect version is 0.9.0, this config can use for different livereroad port
module.exports = function (grunt) {
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
grunt.initConfig({
watch: {
demo: {
files: ['web/*.*'],
options: {
livereload: 5000
}
},
dev:{
files: ['web1/*.*'],
options: {
livereload: 3030
}
}
},
connect: {
demo: {
options: {
base: "web",
port: 1111,
hostname: '*',
livereload: 5000,
open: {
target: 'http://127.0.0.1:1111'
}
}
},
dev:{
options: {
base: "web1",
port: 2222,
hostname: '*',
livereload: 3030,
open: {
target: 'http://127.0.0.1:2222'
}
}
}
}
})
grunt.registerTask('demo', ['connect:demo', 'watch:demo']);
grunt.registerTask('dev',['connect:dev','watch:dev']);
}
Does this work?
watch: {
options: { livereload: true },
less: {
files: ['less/**/*.less'],
tasks: ['less']
},
//...
}
Also try running in verbose mode (grunt do-something -v) to check that the livereload server starts and that the port is correct.
Watch has worked for me out of the box, without livereload. Have you tried removing the livereload options and the script include?
Then: grunt; grunt watch
(the default task does the build, then watch keeps an eye out for changes)