task-runner-js

Task Runner

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Task Runner is a collection of low-level libraries designed to make JavaScript application development easier. Check out the Task Runner website for information on working with tasks as well as sample code and demos.

Please feel free to contact me directly with any suggestions or requests!

Installing Task Runner

Task Runner can be installed in any of the following ways:

• Clone & build this repository.
• Download a release.
• Bia Bower, by running bower install task-runner.
• Via NPM, by running npm install task-runner-js.

Task Runner can be loaded via a <script> tag or used with AMD or CommonJS. If a <script> tag is used the library is registered under a global tr variable.

Debugging Task Runner

Debug logging can be enabled for Task Runner by setting a window.DEBUG environment variable to TRUE.

If debug mode is enabled, tasks will also track the context (stack) when they are created. This information can be accessed using the getCreationContext() method.

Building

Task Runner automated tests

Begin by running npm install to install Karma and other dependencies.

You can then run tests once using:

gulp test

Or you can run tests each time a file in the source or tests directory changes using:

gulp test:watch

Building Task Runner

Begin by running npm install to install the TypeScript compiler and gulp dependencies. Then run the following command from the root of the Task Runner checkout:

gulp build