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Jonathan R. Danylko
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Jonathan R. Danylko

Jonathan "JD" Danylko is an award-winning, full-stack ASP.NET architect. He's used ASP.NET as his primary way to build websites since 2002 and before that, Classic ASP. Jonathan contributes to his blog (DanylkoWeb) on a weekly basis, has built a custom CMS, is a founder of Tuxboard (an open-source ASP.NET dashboard library), has been on various podcasts, and guest posted on the C# Advent Calendar for 6 years. Jonathan has worked in various industries for small, medium, and Fortune 100 companies, but currently works as an Architect at Insight Enterprise. The best way to contact Jonathan is through GitHub, LinkedIn, Twitter, email, or through the website.
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Using a task runner

In this section, we’ll explain what a task runner is, what its responsibilities are, how to automatically execute it when building the solution, and provide some examples of how to use it.

As developers, we are always looking for better ways to quickly automate tasks. With JavaScript frameworks, this task is essential, especially when building the solution in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. The consistent repetition of certain tasks becomes monotonous and takes away from development time. Why not have a computer process the work?

As developers, the need to include a task runner section in this chapter is meant to show developers how to automate tasks to make client-side endeavors more efficient. In recent years, I’ve experienced developers who’ve never used a task runner for client-side tasks or even know what it is. A task runner is a tremendous benefit to all developers.

What is a task runner?

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Jonathan R. Danylko

Jonathan "JD" Danylko is an award-winning, full-stack ASP.NET architect. He's used ASP.NET as his primary way to build websites since 2002 and before that, Classic ASP. Jonathan contributes to his blog (DanylkoWeb) on a weekly basis, has built a custom CMS, is a founder of Tuxboard (an open-source ASP.NET dashboard library), has been on various podcasts, and guest posted on the C# Advent Calendar for 6 years. Jonathan has worked in various industries for small, medium, and Fortune 100 companies, but currently works as an Architect at Insight Enterprise. The best way to contact Jonathan is through GitHub, LinkedIn, Twitter, email, or through the website.
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