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great

Another task runner with js

great vs gulp vs grunt

Great compared to major Task Runners (or Build Systems)

	great	gulp	grunt
Orienting	Data	File	File
Flow	Clear	Clear	Mess
Easy	Yes	No	No

great vs nodeunit vs mocha

Great compared to major Test Frameworks

	great	nodeunit	mocha
Test Only	No	Yes	Yes
Event Driven	Yes	No	No
Nested	Good	Bad	Good
Browser	Good	Bad	Bad

Quick Look

A task file to load:

module.exports = function() {
  // upward emitting
  this.emit('log', 'example: run');

  // downward capturing
  this.capture('title', function (title) {
    this.emit('log', 'titled: ' + title);
    this.set('title', title);
  });
  this.capture('end', function () {
    this.emit('log', 'ended: ' + this.get('title'));
  });

  // task loading
  this.add(function () {
    this.emit('title', 'series');
    this.add(createBody('a-1'));
    this.add(createBody('a-2'));
    this.add(createBody('a-3'));
  });
  this.add(function () {
    this.emit('title', 'parallel');
    this.add([
      createAsyncBody('b-1'),
      createAsyncBody('b-2'),
      createAsyncBody('b-3'),
      createAsyncBody('b-4'),
      createAsyncBody('b-5'),
      createAsyncBody('b-6')
    ]);
  });
};

`Greatfile.js` for entry:

var great = require('great');
var args = process.argv.slice(2);
great(function () {
  // task picking
  if (args[0] === 'example') {
    this.add(require('./example/' + args[1]));
  }
});

Run tasks from command line:

node Greatfile [arg1] [arg2] ..`

Or after alias great='node Greatfile':

great [arg1] [arg2] ..

Also this way on browser:

<!-- include great.js -->
<script src="great.js"></script>

<!-- define tasks -->
<script src="task1.js"></script>
<script src="task2.js"></script>

<!-- configure tasks -->
<script>
  great(function() {
    this.add(task1);
    this.add(task2);
  });
</script>