Not often I see tools announced with such a thoroughly researched article. Great stuff!
I guess the problem these build tools are facing is the amount that people have invested in Grunt. There are just /so/ many grunt tasks at this point.
I guess the problem these build tools are facing is the amount that people have invested in Grunt. There are just /so/ many grunt tasks at this point.
Have to wonder why this all requires new build tools to achieve though.
It's obviously technically possible (npm shows grunt-gulp which does exactly what you'd think), so is the grunt architecture so firmly rooted in files that streams could not be leveraged, or is it something that will come in time?
Personally managed to get a nigh on perfect build process using grunt-watch, so no rush to move away.
Nice to see build tools still moving forward though.
You can either do this explicitly (by setting up aliased), or implicitly (by all the temporary file watch jiggery and pokery).
It's unlikely that I will start any new projects with grunt, even though I know it a lot better than gulp right now.
Definitely awesome that people are trying to optimize in the devops space but just not sure I could be convinced to switch to something that isn't at least somewhat mature.
With node.js as a host environment, it's easy enough to do pretty much whatever you want as a script/task, and is pretty much cross platform, and works well. Shell scripts come close, but ignore the elephant in the room (Windows).
For the record, I'm biased as all hell, like node.js and JavaScript in general.
I use mingw and make, never had a problem on windows and it's not like mingw is heavy to download. Most people use git and git comes with a bash on windows too, so 0 excuses to learn shell scripts.
Hands full server-side anyway, client-side moves way too quickly to keep pace with the latest and greatest...
Honestly half the battle is having a great easy to use plugin style that gets lots of people making plugins, and given the incredibly brief mention of plugins which makes them seem quite complex, I'd be quite wary of broccoli at this point.