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JavaScript

Tyler Phelps
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Tyler Phelps
Courses Plus Student 31 Points
Posted by Tyler Phelps
Tyler Phelps
Courses Plus Student 31 Points

My command prompt doesn't recognize 'grunt' as a command.

I got up too 00:30:57 when he actually ran grunt to uglify his js files. In my command prompt I typed grunt in my project directory and it says: "'grunt' is not recognized as a internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

So what is this indicative of? Where did I go wrong. I'm completely new to this and trying to figure it out.

gruntfile.js module.exports = function(grunt) {

// Configure task(s)
grunt.initConfig({
    pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
    uglify: {
        build: {
            src: 'src/js/*.js',
            dest: 'js/script.min.js'
        }
    }
});

// Load the plugins
grunt.loadNpmTasks( 'grunt-contrib-uglify' );

// Register task(s).
grunt.registerTask('default', [ 'uglify:build' ]);

};

In my project folder I have a src/js folder with a *.js file inside. I have a a js folder also. Let me know if there's any other info needed.

2 Answers

Joseph Frazer
Joseph Frazer
5,404 Points
Joseph Frazer
Joseph Frazer
5,404 Points

Make sure you installed grunt globally so it is in your path.

npm install -g grunt-cli

http://gruntjs.com/getting-started

Tyler Phelps
Tyler Phelps
Courses Plus Student 31 Points
Tyler Phelps
Tyler Phelps
Courses Plus Student 31 Points

I did that. Wrote down all the commands I wrote and that was one of the first ones. Could I run it again after the fact? But that would explain why typing in grunt should work.

Commands I used after npm install -g grunt-cli

npm init

npm install grunt --save-dev

npm install grunt-contrib-uglify --save-dev

Scott LaPlant
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Scott LaPlant
Courses Plus Student 304 Points
Scott LaPlant
Scott LaPlant
Courses Plus Student 304 Points

You may want to open a new shell. Try closing your current shell and open a new one and see if that fixes your issue. If not, it's most likely a path issue. What do you see when you run: echo $PATH ?