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

Can be done with exec-maven-plugin.

Define a script and dependency to grunt-cli in your package.json:

...
  "scripts": {
    "build": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt install"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
  "grunt-cli": "^1.2.0",
...

In your pom, add the commands to run:

        
            org.codehaus.mojo
            exec-maven-plugin
            X.Y.Z
            
                
                    exec-npm-install
                    generate-sources
                    
                        ${project.basedir}
                        npm
                        
                            install
                        
                    
                    
                        exec
                    
                
                
                    exec-grunt-install
                    generate-sources
                    
                        ${project.basedir}
                        npm
                        
                            run
                            build
                        
                    
                    
                        exec
                    
                
            
        

It will now run on mvn package