grunt-express-runner

Simple express server runner

This task mimics running Express via the command line: node server.js or DEBUG=app* server.js. It supports debug environment variables output. It fully support use with grunt-contrib-watch with the use of the interrupt option.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

npm install grunt-express-runner --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-express-runner');

The "expressrunner" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named expressrunner to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  expressrunner: {
    options: {
      script: 'src/server.js',
      debug: 'app*'
    }
  },
});

Options

options.script (Required)

Type: String

The path to the express server start-up file.

options.debug

Type: String

Environment variable value for use with the debug module.

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

0.2.1 Added output statement for script path

0.2.0 Updates for new released version

0.1.0 Initial release