DevMerge

The Build

1. Install Node.js & NPM
2. Install Grunt.js
3. Run npm install to fetch all dependencies.
4. Run npm start to build a production version of the app.

Running the App

Development

1. Run grunt dev
2. Open http://localhost:9000/

Production

1. Run npm start
2. Open http://localhost:9002/

Tests

1. Install PhantomJS and CasperJS
2. Run npm test

Optimizations

Build step	Description	Development	Production
Watch	Auto-build on file changes	✅	🚫
JSHint	Coding style compliance	✅	✅
Stylus	Compile CSS	✅	✅
Handlebars	Compile templates	🚫	✅
HTML Minifier	Reduce HTML size	🚫	✅
RequireJS	Concatenate and minify Javascript	🚫	✅
JPEGtran & OptiPNG	Compress images	🚫	✅
Revving & Usemin	Cache busting for static assets	🚫	✅

Dependencies

• Backbone.js
• LayoutManager
• Grunt
• Handlebars
• jQuery
• npm
• RequireJS
• Underscore

Webserver Configuration

Nginx

Apache2