This document discusses integrating front-end tools like Grunt and Bower with build tools like Maven to improve the front-end development workflow for Java web apps. It outlines how Maven currently uses plugins like wro4j for tasks like JavaScript minification and CSS compilation. Grunt and Bower are proposed as alternatives that offer more tasks and easier setup than wro4j. Integrating Grunt and Bower through shell commands makes them extensible to work with various build tools like Maven. Example setup and code for both development and production environments using Maven will be shared.