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You're reading from Oracle JET for Developers Implement client-side JavaScript efficiently for enterprise Oracle applications

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787284746

Length 282 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

JET

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Author (1):

Malleswara Rao Pattamsetti

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Oracle JET

2. Oracle Alta UI FREE CHAPTER

3. Tool Integration

4. Knockout JS

5. Oracle JET Components – Form Elements, Controls, and Data Collections

6. OJ Components – Layouts, Navigation, and Visualizations

7. Framework

8. Hybrid Mobile Application Development

9. Testing and Debugging

10. Security and Version Migration

Grunt

As discussed in previous chapters, Grunt helps in automating tedious non-functional activities such as minimization, compilation, unit testing, and linting much more easily. The Grunt ecosystem is growing rapidly, with plugins for your routine tasks including Sass, LESS, RequireJS, and CoffeeScript.

We can install grunt-cli using the following command:

npm -g install yo grunt-cli

If we are using NetBeans IDE for web application development in an Oracle JET project, the build command is essential in making the application complete, although key source files are available in the src folder. Grunt tasks, including build and serve, can be enabled within NetBeans IDE to resolve this problem by performing the following steps:

Right-click on the project's root folder and select Build (as follows), which gives us the option:

The preceding Build option prompts you to configure project actions to call Grunt tasks from within NetBeans IDE. Choose Yes to open the configuration window: