Web App Template

The is a template for a web app: Java with Maven, JavaScript with Grunt.

It consists of the following:

1. Maven project which produces war file
2. Maven dependencies added for: junit, commons-lang3, guava-13
3. The web app directory includes a JavaScript directory (js)
4. Third-party JS files are in js/vendor, include: jquery, underscore.js, namespace.js, tstring.js
5. Jasmine specs in test/js/jasmine-specs
6. grunt.js file configured to lint all the js code and run jasmine specs.

Java Dependencies:

1. JDK 1.6
2. Maven 3

JavaScript Dependencies:

1. node.js
2. phantom.js: for running jasmine specs in headless browser
3. grunt.js

Make sure that all dependencies are installed on your machine before you start running the app.

To build with maven, at the command line in your project's directory:

mvn clean package

To run with grunt, at the command line in your project's directory:

run this once:

npm install grunt-jasmine-runner

then run

grunt

to lint and run your jasmine specs

To run jasmine in a browser:

grunt jasmine-server