Is it possible to compile grunt project from maven?

Question

I\'m trying to execute grunt tasks from within maven without needing to install Node.js or anything. This is because I wan\'t my artifact to be packaged by Jenkins and I can\'t

Answer 1

This is a full copy/paste solution which work in 2017 using frontend-maven-plugin for front build, and maven-war-plugin to build the war.

What it does ? install npm, bower grunt,and everything you need, then run npm install, bower install and finally grunt build.

You can remove/add replace the steps you want, for me it's a full 30 sec install/build library and project.

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            com.github.eirslett
            frontend-maven-plugin
        
    



    
        
            
                org.apache.maven.plugins
                maven-war-plugin
                2.4
                
                    src/main/webapp/YourFrontJsFolder/dist
                    YouWarName
                    false
                    node_modules/**
                    system
                    
                        
                            WebContent/WEB-INF
                            WEB-INF
                            
                                **/*.jar
                                **/*.jsp
                            
                        
                    
                
            

            
                org.apache.maven.plugins
                maven-compiler-plugin
                3.3
                
                    1.7
                    1.7
                    Cp1252
                
            
        
    

    YourAppName



    
        release
        
            
                
                    com.github.eirslett
                    frontend-maven-plugin
                    
                        
                            
                            install node and npm
                            
                                install-node-and-npm
                            
                            
                            generate-resources

                            
                                v7.6.0
                            
                        

                        
                            npm install
                            
                                npm
                            

                            
                            generate-resources

                            
                                install
                            
                        

                        
                            bower install
                            
                                bower
                            

                            
                                
                                install
                            
                        

                        
                            grunt build
                            
                                grunt
                            

                            
                            generate-resources

                            
                                
                                build
                            
                        
                    

                    
                        target
                        src/main/webapp/YourFrontJsFolder
                    
                
            
        
    
    
        debug
        
            true
        
    
    
        IDE
        
            
                m2e.version
            
        
        
            
            target-ide
        
    

Then you can Run as -> Maven build ..., with goal clean install and profile release