Grunt.js is a build tool like Rake, Ant, Maven, and Groovy that uses npm and JSON syntax. It is easy to extend and supports various environments. The document discusses several Grunt plugins for text input/output including grunt-figlet, grunt-cat, grunt-attention, grunt-prompt, and grunt-notify. It also briefly describes the Grunt API and configuration utilities.

1. Grunt.js
For the Enterprise Vol. 2
Text I/O
with Fun

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● Java Web-Developer, Frontend Architecture
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4. Grunt.js
Build tool like:
Rake, ant, maven, groovy, yeoman, …
● npm package
● Easy JSON-syntax, easy extendable
● Supports all environments

5. Content
● Cool Output
○ grunt-figlet
○ grunt-cat
○ grunt-attention
○ grunt-notify
● Cool Input
○ grunt-prompt
● Grunt-Chuck-Norris
● Grunt API
○ Config Utils

6. Grunt-Figlet
● Figlet based
● Supports
○ dynamic text
○ Comment-Wrapping Supports
● Alternative: Grunt-asciify
○ Direct console output

8. Grunt-Cat
● based on cat
● Support
○ Text
○ Ascii
○ Figlet
○ Ansi
● Conversion by
○ http://picascii.com/
○ http://www.text-image.com/convert/ascii.html

11. Grunt-Attention
● Easy colourful text highlighting
● Easy borders
● Use with Chalk

13. Grunt-Prompt
● Based on Inquirer.js
● OS Commandline Interfaces
● Types
○ list
○ checkbox
○ confirm
○ input
○ password
● Helpful in many ways

15. Grunt-Notify
● Show UI-Popup Notifications
● Support many platforms
● Types
○ Notify_hooks
○ Custom messages
→ Helpful for development

16. Grunt-Notify

17. Grunt API
Helpful Utils
● grunt.util.normalizelf(string)
○ rn on Windows, n otherwise
● grunt.file.readJSON(filepath [, options])
● grunt.file.readYAML(filepath [, options])
Grunt.config API
● grunt.config([prop [, value]])
→ '<%= foo %>'
● grunt.config.requires(prop [, prop [, ...]])

18. var VARIABLES = require('./GruntVariables.js');
var _ = require ("lodash");
var files1 = {
var1: ["one"]
};
var all = [];
all.push("two");
all.push(files1.var1);
var files2 = {
var2 : all
};
var global = _.extend(files1, files2, {
openPath : "http://localhost:9000"
});
module.exports = global;

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