Use Grunt to start Express server

Question

Use Grunt to start Express server

I would like to add a task to my Gruntfile in order to start my Express server instead of the default server. I tried to had a task and require("server.js") but I think this isn't the right way to do that: running "grunt mytask" there are no errors but the command return immediately..and the express server isn't listening Thank you for your help !

javascript
node.js
express
gruntjs

Answer 1

you could use grunt-shell to execute commands in the terminal:

for instance if you have a app.js file that configures your express app you can start it from the command line with 'node app.js'

to configure with grunt shell you'd use something like:

grunt.initConfig({
  shell: {
    launchExpress: {
      options: {
        stdout: true
      },
      command: 'node app.js'
    }
  }
});