rgtagenda

RunGruntTask-agenda

Using agenda to execute a grunt task programmatically

Why this exists?

• Grunt is a powerful tool for build/unbuild/configuring your application (Express.js etc).
• Schedule a cron job to backup database using a grunt task every 24 hours etc. For this example, i have used a simple code validation grunt plugin to demonstrate but this can be used for any grunt task.

Installation

• You would need to install mongoDB on your local system. Recommended using robomongo/compass for viewing collections.
• npm install rgtagenda --save
• npm i -g nodemon
• cd node_modules/rgtagenda && npm i && nodemon app.js
• Goto localhost:5000

Output

• You should see a database "TestDB" in your database visualization tool such as robomongo/compass. You can change this in ./database.js

• This code looks for Gruntfile.js by default. It would not work without it.

• All agenda related config is in ./config.js

• Should work on OSX/linux/Windows. If any issues, please report it here issues

• More about RunGruntTask