Pattern Lab Node - Grunt Edition
The Grunt wrapper around Pattern Lab Node Core, providing tasks to interact with the core library and move supporting frontend assets.
Packaged Components
The Grunt Edition comes with the following components:
patternlab-node: GitHub, npmpatternengine-node-mustache: GitHub, npmpattern-lab/styleguidekit-assets-default: GitHubpattern-lab/styleguidekit-mustache-default: GitHub
Prerequisites
The Pattern Lab Node - Grunt Edition uses Node for core processing, npm to manage project dependencies, and grunt.js to run tasks and interface with the core library. Node version 4 or higher suffices. You can follow the directions for installing Node on the Node website if you haven't done so already. Installation of Node will include npm.
It's also highly recommended that you install grunt globally.
Installing
There are two methods for downloading and installing the Grunt Edition:
Download a pre-built package
The fastest way to get started with the Grunt Edition is to download the pre-built version from the releases page. The pre-built project comes with the Base Starterkit for Mustache installed by default.
Please note: Pattern Lab Node uses npm to manage project dependencies. To upgrade the Grunt Edition or to install plug-ins you'll need to be familiar with npm.
Use npm
npm is a dependency management and package system which can pull in all of the Grunt Edition's dependencies for you. To accomplish this:
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download or
git clonethis repository to an install location. -
run the following
cd install/location npm install
Running npm install from a directory containing a package.json file will download all dependencies defined within.
Install the Grunt Edition of Pattern Lab Node as a Dependency
Most people want to run Pattern Lab Node standalone and not as a dependency. If you wish to install as a dependency you can do the following:
Use npm's install command with an argument to install the Grunt Edition into a location of your choosing. In Terminal type:
cd install/location/
npm install edition-node-grunt
This will install the Grunt Edition into a directory called node_modules in install/location/.
Getting started
The Pattern Lab Node - Grunt Edition ships with a base experience which serves as clean place to start from scratch with Pattern Lab. But if you want to get rolling with a starterkit of your own, or use the demo starterkit like the one on demo.patternlab.io, you can do so automatically at time of npm install by adding your starterkit to the package.json file.
You can also work with starterkits using the command line.
Updating Pattern Lab
To update Pattern Lab please refer to each component's GitHub repository, and the master instructions for core. The components are listed at the top of the README.
Helpful Commands
These are some helpful commands you can use on the command line for working with Pattern Lab.
List all of the available commands
To list all available commands type:
grunt patternlab:help
Generate Pattern Lab
To generate the front-end for Pattern Lab type:
grunt patternlab:build
Watch for changes and re-generate Pattern Lab
To watch for changes, re-generate the front-end, and server it via a BrowserSync server, type:
grunt patternlab:serve
BrowserSync should open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.
Install a StarterKit
To install a specific StarterKit from GitHub type:
npm install [starterkit-vendor/starterkit-name]
grunt patternlab:loadstarterkit --kit=[starterkit-name]