Grunt JS Tutorial #4 - Adding a Plugin (concatenating files)

1. Installed concat plugin
2. Modified config to have plugin

.gitignore

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ dist/
 # Icon must end with two \r
 Icon
 
+
 # Thumbnails
 ._*
 
@@ -219,4 +220,4 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/windows,visualstudiocode,executable,grunt,macos,node,vscode
 
 # Custom rules (everything added below won't be overriden by 'Generate .gitignore File' if you use 'Update' option)
-
+build

Gruntfile.js

@@ -4,20 +4,24 @@ module.exports = function(grunt){
     grunt.initConfig({
         // pass in options to plugin, references to file, etc.
         
+        concat: {
+            js: {
+                src: ['js/*.js'],
+                dest: 'build/scripts.js'
+            },
+            css: {
+                src: ['css/*.css'],
+                dest: 'build/styles.js'
+            }
+        }
     });
 
     // Load plugins
-    // grunt.loadNpmTasks('')
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-concat')
+    require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
 
     // Register tasks
-    grunt.registerTask('run', function(){
+    grunt.registerTask('concat-js', ['concat:js']);
-        // task is a function with name is 'run'
+    grunt.registerTask('concat-css', ['concat:css']);
-        console.log('I am running');
-    });
 
-    grunt.registerTask('sleep', function(){
-        console.log('I am sleep');
-    });
-
-    grunt.registerTask('all', ['sleep', 'run'])
 }

package-lock.json

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-nne9/IiQ/hzIhY6pdDnbBtz7DjPTKrY00P/zvPSm5pOFkl6xuGrGnXn/VtTNNfNtAfZ9/1RtehkszU9qcTii0Q==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "ansi-regex": {
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-w7M6te42DYbg5ijwRorn7yfWVN8=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "ansi-styles": {
       "version": "4.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-4.3.0.tgz",
@@ -357,6 +363,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-8NZtA2cqglyxtzvbP+YjEMjlUrc=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "escape-string-regexp": {
+      "version": "1.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-1.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-G2HAViGQqN/2rjuyzwIAyhMLhtQ=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "esprima": {
       "version": "4.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/esprima/-/esprima-4.0.1.tgz",
@@ -722,6 +734,43 @@
         "v8flags": "~3.1.1"
       }
     },
+    "grunt-contrib-concat": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-contrib-concat/-/grunt-contrib-concat-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-YVCYYwhOhx1+ht5IwBUlntl3Rb0=",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "chalk": "^1.0.0",
+        "source-map": "^0.5.3"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-styles": {
+          "version": "2.2.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-2.2.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-tDLdM1i2NM914eRmQ2gkBTPB3b4=",
+          "dev": true
+        },
+        "chalk": {
+          "version": "1.1.3",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-1.1.3.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-qBFcVeSnAv5NFQq9OHKCKn4J/Jg=",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "ansi-styles": "^2.2.1",
+            "escape-string-regexp": "^1.0.2",
+            "has-ansi": "^2.0.0",
+            "strip-ansi": "^3.0.0",
+            "supports-color": "^2.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "supports-color": {
+          "version": "2.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-2.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-U10EXOa2Nj+kARcIRimZXp3zJMc=",
+          "dev": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "grunt-known-options": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-known-options/-/grunt-known-options-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -774,6 +823,15 @@
         "function-bind": "^1.1.1"
       }
     },
+    "has-ansi": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-ansi/-/has-ansi-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-NPUEnOHs3ysGSa8+8k5F7TVBbZE=",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "has-flag": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-4.0.0.tgz",
@@ -1630,6 +1688,15 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "strip-ansi": {
+      "version": "3.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-3.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-ajhfuIU9lS1f8F0Oiq+UJ43GPc8=",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "supports-color": {
       "version": "7.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-7.2.0.tgz",

package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   "main": "app.js",
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
-    "grunt": "^1.3.0"
+    "grunt": "^1.3.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-concat": "^1.0.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"