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Grunt

In one word: automation. The less work you have to do when performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc, the easier your job becomes. After you've configured

Installing Grunt
To install grunt first you must have NodeJs installed, NodeJS will have npm (node packaged modules) 
Run the following commands
Install grunt-cli globally by running the following command npm install -g grunt-cli
In you downloaded package from themeforest, navigate to grunt/ directory and copy both package.json gruntfile.js to your project root. e.g : getting_started folder
Navigate to the root directory of your project, then run npm install.
Once you have successfully setup now you can use pages Grunt CLI commands to automate your task
Commands
Grunt Build
This will automatically minify your assets resources like css and js into a folder called dist
Grunt Watch
This will automatically compile the pages Less files on save
Grunt Less
This will compile the pages Less files on execute once

Your are free to customize the Grunt task to your need by editing the gruntfile.js in the root directory of getting_started
Troubleshooting
Should you encounter problems with installing dependencies or running Grunt commands, first delete the /node_modules/directory generated by npm. Then, rerun npm install.

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