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Hey! Core maintainer here. I see a lot of comments are basically saying our project is obsolete or sucks. That does not stop us from working on Grunt though.

Hey! Core maintainer here. I see a lot of comments are basically saying our project is obsolete or sucks. That does not stop us from working on Grunt though. We are still seeing record download numbers, even with the 2 year old releases. This is why we felt it was important to keep releasing this software and supporting developers. For those who support and use Grunt - huge thank you! Pick up your free open-source copy made by volunteers on npm.

voltagex_ 11y ago
Keep doing what you're doing - competition is a good thing.
maxo123 11y ago
I don't personally use Grunt, but your attitude is highly commendable.
alistproducer2 11y ago
Thanks for your hard work. I used your project for a little while and it was very helpful.
ericwood 11y ago
Thank you so much for your work and dedication. Don't listen to the haters, Grunt is a fantastic tool <3
hauschi 11y ago
Well done, been using Grunt since end of 2012
kdamken 11y ago
Thank you for your hard work! Don't listen to the haters. A lot of hackernews seems to be hipsters who dislike anything that's not the latest, most obscure technology to be using. Grunt is solid, and does a great job at helping front end devs do their work. For people just getting into using a task runner, there are a lot of tutorials and S/O questions out there to help them learn as well.
andersevenrud 11y ago
Thank you for making my life as a developer so much better. I did not know about the "hate" before visiting this thread... and I don't get it and now feel a bit sad reading all this. I was using Makefiles, npm commands and custom scripts for quite a while, and they were a pain to maintain! With Grunt I can just throw in a couple of plugins and I'm good to go! I'm using it for more than just building my apps.. I do all configuration and generation of new source-files etc with it, and it is awesome. <3
ArmandGrillet 11y ago
Started using Grunt 2 years ago, still doing it: simple CLI, neat documentation, lot of plugins. Thank you for working on it, I don't know what are the current trends but Grunt is still doing its job perfectly for what I'm working on so I'll continue to use it.
reitanqild 11y ago
I don't get node and npm (although I was good with JS), but you seem to be cool. Noted. : ) Edit: again, now that we have a bunch of people capable of understanding trendy JS here: Care to share a link to somewhere I can learn?
- armandososa 11y ago
  Here: http://blog.keithcirkel.co.uk/how-to-use-npm-as-a-build-tool/ http://blog.keithcirkel.co.uk/how-to-use-npm-as-a-build-tool... I don't hate grunt, I used to love it and used it for all my projects. And then I started using gulp. But after reading this article I just use npm script 99% of the time. I don't know if it is better over all, I just prefer it over grunt/gulp.
steveax 11y ago
Congrats on the release! Grunt has saved me tons of time over the years. One of the things I admire about Grunt is the docs. They are well organized and clear.
johnieeboy 11y ago
just started using grunt for my django project. I can't even imagine going back to using something else.
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skeeterbug 11y ago
Thanks a lot for your hard work and keeping the project stable. The Infor CRM mobile team added grunt to our project back in July of 2013. I have probably written about a dozen plugins and custom tasks internally. The plugin API docs are a great resource. I love the configuration first approach with the ability to fall back to code if needed. It has really treated us well. I also gave a presentation at our partner conference a year and a half ago on using grunt for development. Keep up the great work!
thegayngler 11y ago
Thank you so much! I appreciate all the work you've put into Grunt even though I personally prefer Webpack, configuration, HotModuleReloading and I've been able to make it work with webcomponents and reactjs. At work we use Grunt so maybe this will help me at work but I am actively trying to convince my team to switch to Webpack.
paulojreis 11y ago
If I were to sum up the number of seconds your work saved (and still saves) me, I'd get an integer overflow. May whatever supernatural entities you believe in be with you, man. I deeply, deeply thank you for your work.
bradyholt 11y ago
Great work Grunt team, keep it up!
troyxmccall 11y ago
don't listen to the haters, without grunt gulp would've never been possible. I still use grunt the majority of my legacy projects, and I appreciate grunts maintainability

voltagex_ 11y ago

Keep doing what you're doing - competition is a good thing.

maxo123 11y ago

I don't personally use Grunt, but your attitude is highly commendable.

alistproducer2 11y ago

Thanks for your hard work. I used your project for a little while and it was very helpful.

ericwood 11y ago

Thank you so much for your work and dedication. Don't listen to the haters, Grunt is a fantastic tool <3

hauschi 11y ago

Well done, been using Grunt since end of 2012

kdamken 11y ago

Thank you for your hard work! Don't listen to the haters. A lot of hackernews seems to be hipsters who dislike anything that's not the latest, most obscure technology to be using. Grunt is solid, and does a great job at helping front end devs do their work. For people just getting into using a task runner, there are a lot of tutorials and S/O questions out there to help them learn as well.

andersevenrud 11y ago

Thank you for making my life as a developer so much better. I did not know about the "hate" before visiting this thread... and I don't get it and now feel a bit sad reading all this. I was using Makefiles, npm commands and custom scripts for quite a while, and they were a pain to maintain! With Grunt I can just throw in a couple of plugins and I'm good to go! I'm using it for more than just building my apps.. I do all configuration and generation of new source-files etc with it, and it is awesome. <3

ArmandGrillet 11y ago

Started using Grunt 2 years ago, still doing it: simple CLI, neat documentation, lot of plugins. Thank you for working on it, I don't know what are the current trends but Grunt is still doing its job perfectly for what I'm working on so I'll continue to use it.

reitanqild 11y ago

I don't get node and npm (although I was good with JS), but you seem to be cool. Noted. : ) Edit: again, now that we have a bunch of people capable of understanding trendy JS here: Care to share a link to somewhere I can learn?

armandososa 11y ago
Here: http://blog.keithcirkel.co.uk/how-to-use-npm-as-a-build-tool/ http://blog.keithcirkel.co.uk/how-to-use-npm-as-a-build-tool... I don't hate grunt, I used to love it and used it for all my projects. And then I started using gulp. But after reading this article I just use npm script 99% of the time. I don't know if it is better over all, I just prefer it over grunt/gulp.

steveax 11y ago

Congrats on the release! Grunt has saved me tons of time over the years. One of the things I admire about Grunt is the docs. They are well organized and clear.

johnieeboy 11y ago

just started using grunt for my django project. I can't even imagine going back to using something else.

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skeeterbug 11y ago

Thanks a lot for your hard work and keeping the project stable. The Infor CRM mobile team added grunt to our project back in July of 2013. I have probably written about a dozen plugins and custom tasks internally. The plugin API docs are a great resource. I love the configuration first approach with the ability to fall back to code if needed. It has really treated us well. I also gave a presentation at our partner conference a year and a half ago on using grunt for development. Keep up the great work!

thegayngler 11y ago

Thank you so much! I appreciate all the work you've put into Grunt even though I personally prefer Webpack, configuration, HotModuleReloading and I've been able to make it work with webcomponents and reactjs. At work we use Grunt so maybe this will help me at work but I am actively trying to convince my team to switch to Webpack.

paulojreis 11y ago

If I were to sum up the number of seconds your work saved (and still saves) me, I'd get an integer overflow. May whatever supernatural entities you believe in be with you, man. I deeply, deeply thank you for your work.

bradyholt 11y ago

Great work Grunt team, keep it up!

troyxmccall 11y ago

don't listen to the haters, without grunt gulp would've never been possible. I still use grunt the majority of my legacy projects, and I appreciate grunts maintainability