Grunt - start_server-watch-jshint-html_minify - gruntjs

Question

Write a grunt file to validate js
files using jshint, minify html files, start the web server and watch the local web server.
Validate js files with jshint.
The source file is located in "src/js".
Minify the html files in "src" folder and place it inside "dest/src" folder with same file
name.
After html minification, setup and run a local web server.
Run the watch task to watch the webserver.
Use the IDE terminal to install
plugins.
Use official grunt plugins only.

Answer 1

Install necessary grunt commands for all the below tasks and make sure the commands are saved in packages.json and try this:
module.exports = function(grunt) {
require('jit-grunt')(grunt);
grunt.initConfig({
jshint: {
files: ['Gruntfile.js', 'src/**/*.js', 'test/**/*.js'],
options: {
globals: {
jQuery: true
}
}
},
htmlmin: { // Task
dist: { // Target
options: { // Target options
removeComments: true,
collapseWhitespace: true
},
files: { // Dictionary of files
'dest/src/form.html': 'src/form.html', // 'destination': 'source'
'dest/src/management.html': 'src/management.html'
}
}
},
watch: {
styles: {
files: ['less/**/*.less'], // which files to watch
tasks: ['less'],
options: {
nospawn: true
}
}
},
connect: {
server: {
options: {
port: 9000,
base: 'app',
keepalive: false
}
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('default', ['htmlmin','jshint','connect','watch']);
};