BUILD TOOLS, AUTOMATION SYSTEMS, AND TASK RUNNERS
The process of transforming a local project directory into an application served in production is usually bundled into a number of tasks. Each of these tasks is often composed of a pipeline of many subtasks—for example, building and deploying an application will involve module bundling, compilation, minification, and pushing static assets, among many other tasks. Running a unit or integration test might involve initialization of test harnesses and spinning up headless browsers. To make management and utilization of these tasks easier, there are a number of tools that allow you to more efficiently compose and organize your application's tasks.
Grunt
Grunt is a NodeJS task runner that uses configuration objects to declaratively define how tasks should execute. It features a healthy community and a large selection of plugins from which to build out your project's tasks.
- Website:
https://gruntjs.com/
Gulp
Similar to Grunt...
