#WAT's webapp-boilerplate
##Overview
The webapp-boilerplate is a collection of configuration files and organization conventions designed to ease the process of bootstrapping new javascript heavy web applications at WTA. It uses grunt as a build tool and compass to generate CSS. Both tools require some minimal setup.
##Installation
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Clone this repo and point it at a new git repository for your project.
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Install node. If you're on OSX, there's a handy pkg installer available on the node homepage. This is the recommended method of installation.
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Install compass. Compass is available as a ruby gem. You should be able to do
gem install compass
, though you might usesudo
depending on your gem setup. -
Install the grunt CLI as a global node package.
npm install -g grunt-cli
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Install the dependencies for your project. From the root of this repo, run
npm install
. This will read the packages.json file and install packages into./node_modules
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Start the development server with
grunt serve
.