grunt server can't be connected

Question

module.exports = function(grunt) {

  // Project configuration.
    grunt.initConfig({
      server: {
        port: 8888,
        base: \'.\'
      }
    });

};

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Answer 1

Don't use grunt to serve your project. Grunt is a build tool. Instead, use npm lifecycle scripts.

server.js

var express = require("express"),
    app = express();
app.use('/', express.static(__dirname));
app.listen(8888);

package.json

{
    "name": "my-project",
    "scripts": {
        "start": "node server.js"
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "express": "3"
    }
}

Now you can run npm start and life will be great. Grunt is a build tool, not a server. npm is a package lifecycle manager, not a build tool. Express is a server library. Use each in its right place.

Follow up (2013-08-15)

The exception to this rule is when you're needing to serve your project to other testing tools in your build stack. The grunt-contrib-connect plugin is designed specifically with this use case in mind, and has a keepalive configuration setting that will leave grunt open while serving your static files. This is usually used in conjunction with a watch task that runs a test suite when either the tests or the code changes.