Install a node workstation with nvm

1 NVM

1.1 Install nvm

Note: Get the latest command from https://github.com/creationix/nvm

$> curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.9/install.sh | bash

$> export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"

$> [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm

1.2 Verify it has installed

$> command -v nvm

If not, check out the homepage for updated instructions

https://github.com/creationix/nvm#install-script

2. NPM init package.json

$> npm init

3A. Go with grunt

3A.1. If you had previously installed grunt globally, uninstall it

$> npm uninstall grunt -g

3A.2. Install grunt-cli globally

$> npm install grunt-cli -g

3A.3. Install grunt locally at a specific version

$> npm install grunt@0.4 --save-dev

3A.4 Install jshint

npm install grunt-contrib-jshint --save-dev

For documentation see : http://jshint.com/docs/options/
3A Troubleshoot

If upgrading from grunt 0.3 to 0.4, you need to remove the registerHelper functions, see:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14350759/gruntjs-0-4-registerhelper-deprecated-syntax-fix

Problem : Warning: Task "clean:dist" not found.

Solution

$> npm install load-grunt-tasks --save-dev

module.exports = function(grunt) {

  // Load grunt tasks automatically
  require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);

Problem : Warning: Task "less" not found.

Solution:

$> npm install grunt-contrib-less --save-dev

And nothing to add to your Gruntfile.js

Problem: Warning: Task "jst" not found.

Solution:

$> npm install grunt-contrib-jst --save-dev

And nothing to add to your Gruntfile.js

Problem: Warning: Task "requirejs" not found.

Solution:

$> npm install grunt-contrib-requirejs --save-dev

And nothing to add to your Gruntfile.js

Problem: Warning: Task "min" not found.

Solution:

$> npm install grunt-contrib-min --save-dev

In your Gruntfile.js change "min" to "uglify"

Problem: Warning: Task "mincss" not found.

Solution:

$> npm install grunt-contrib-cssmin --save-dev

Note: grunt-contrib-cssmin is recommended over grunt-contrib-mincss

And nothing to add to your Gruntfile.js

Problem: Warning: Task "concat" not found.

Solution:

$> npm install grunt-contrib-concat --save-dev

And nothing to add to your Gruntfile.js

Problem: requirejs : Missing either an "out" or "dir" config value. If using "appDir" for a full project optimization, use "dir". If you want to optimize to one file, use "out"

Solution: Put your options as follow inside Gruntfile.js

requirejs: {
    compileProject: {
        options : {
          ...
        }
    }
},