Creating the Plug-in Skeleton
First, create a new folder called grunt-open-with-chrome. Navigate into that folder and create another folder called tasks. Then run the npm init command to create the package.json file for the plug-in in that new folder:
| | $ mkdir grunt-open-with-chrome |
| | $ cd grunt-open-with-chrome |
| | $ mkdir tasks |
| | $ npm init |
When you run the generator, you’ll have to answer the usual questions. For this exercise, answer them as follows:
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Leave the project name as the default.
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For the description, use “Open the page in Chrome.”
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Leave the version number as the default value.
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For the project Git repository, leave it as a default or enter a valid Git URL if you’d like to push your code to a Git repository.
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Leave the project home page, the issue tracker, and the license at their default values.
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Enter your name for the author name.
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Enter your email for the author email.
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Leave all of the other values at their defaults.
Next, run the following to install Grunt, because we’ll want to be able to test out our Grunt plug-ins:
| | $ npm install grunt --save-dev |