Bootstrap Essentials uses Grunt for its build system, with convenient methods for working with the framework. It's how we compile our code, run tests, and more.
To install Grunt, you must first download and install node.js (which includes npm). npm stands for node packaged modules and is a way to manage development dependencies through node.js.
Then, from the command line:grunt-cli
globally with npm install -g grunt-cli
./bootstrap-essentials/
directory, then run npm install
. npm will look
at the
package.json
file and automatically install the necessary local dependencies listed there.grunt
command from the command line to compile the script.Should you encounter problems with installing dependencies or running Grunt commands, first delete the /node_modules/
directory generated by npm. Then, rerun npm install
.