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Grunt, Gulp, and other build tools - WordPress Tutorial
From the course: WordPress: Workflows
Grunt, Gulp, and other build tools
- [Instructor] One of the most common additions to WordPress development workflows is build tools, or task runners. These are tools that will run in the background and either install components or perform tasks. The idea here is that they will automate tasks so that you, or your team, won't need to worry about doing them manually. For installing components, it's generally project dependencies that are added at the beginning of a project or the first time you set it up. It could be tools, like Sass, a compiler, or JavaScript libraries that are core to the project. For performing tasks, it could be as simple as compiling Sass when you save a .sass file, minifying CSS or JavaScript, or verifying syntax, which is called linting. The truth is the possibilities are endless. So it can be a little daunting when you want to try using these task runners. Here are a few tips for getting started. At the root of many of these…
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