Example gruntfile with phantomjs / codeception integration, and asset building

Example Gruntfile

'use strict'; 

var root     = "~/Code/toolbox";
var bench    = "~/Code/toolbox/workbench/hdmaster/nucleus";
var ssh      = 'ssh vagrant@127.0.0.1 -p 2222 -t';

module.exports = function(grunt) {

    grunt.initConfig({

        // Execute codeception tests (or test!) on VM from command on host machine
        exec: {
            testbuild: {
                command: ssh+' "cd '+root+' && php artisan test:build --path="/workbench/hdmaster/nucleus/tests""'
            },
            assetpublish: {
                command: ssh+' "cd '+root+' && php artisan asset:publish --bench="hdmaster/nucleus""'
            },
            codeceptsingle: {
                command: ssh+' "cd '+bench+' && vendor/bin/codecept run '
                            +'<%= codecept.suite %> '
                            +'<%= codecept.file %> "'
            },
            codecept: {
                command: ssh+' "cd '+bench+' && vendor/bin/codecept run"'
            },
            startphantom: {
                command: ssh+' "nohup phantomjs --webdriver=4444 0<&- &>/dev/null &"'
            },
            stopphantom: {
                command: ssh+' "sudo killall -9 phantomjs"'
            }

        },

        // Ability to run phpunit tests
        phpunit: {
            classes: {
                    dir: 'app/tests'
            },
            options: {
                    bin: 'vendor/bin/phpunit',
                    colors: true
            }
        },

        // Compile the .less files into .css
        less: {
            dist: {
                files: {
                    'public/css/style.min.css': [
                        'public/packages/hdmaster/nucleus/less/style.less'
                    ],
                    'public/css/print.min.css': [
                        'public/packages/hdmaster/nucleus/less/print.less'
                    ]
                },
                options: {
                    compress: true
                }
            }
        },

        // Apply browser vendor prefixes to css automatically
        autoprefixer: {
            dist: {
                files: {
                    'public/css/style.min.css': 'public/css/style.min.css'
                }
            }
        },

        // Minify JS includes into one
        uglify: {
            options: {
                mangle: {
                    except: ['headroom']
                }
            },
            dist: {
                files: {
                    'public/js/scripts.min.js': [
                        'public/vendor/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js',
                        'public/vendor/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js',
                        'public/vendor/bootstrap-datepicker/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js',
                        'public/vendor/jquery-color/jquery.color.js',
                        'public/vendor/ladda-bootstrap/dist/spin.min.js',
                        'public/vendor/ladda-bootstrap/dist/ladda.min.js',
                        'public/vendor/headroom.js/dist/headroom.min.js',
                        'public/vendor/headroom.js/dist/jQuery.headroom.min.js',
                        'public/packages/hdmaster/nucleus/js/common.js'
                    ],
                }
            }
        },

        // Watch / livereload for several filetypes
        watch: {
            less: {
                files: [
                    'workbench/hdmaster/nucleus/public/less/**/*.less'
                ],
                tasks: ['compileLess']
            },
            styles: {
                files: ['style.min.css'],
                tasks: ['autoprefixer']
            },
            js: {
                files: [
                    'workbench/hdmaster/nucleus/public/js/common.js',
                    'workbench/hdmaster/nucleus/public/js/**/*.js'
                ],
                tasks: ['compileJs']
            },
            views: {
                files: [
                    'app/views/**/*.php'
                ]
            },
            tests: {
                files: [
                    'workbench/hdmaster/nucleus/tests/*/*.php',
                ],
                tasks: ['testsingle'],
                options: {
                    spawn: false,
                },
            },
            options: {
                spawn: false
            }
        },

        browserSync: {
            dev: {
                bsFiles: {
                    src: ['public/css/*.css', 'workbench/hdmaster/nucleus/src/views/**/*.blade.php']
                },
                options: {
                    // change this to your local host / url, including port
                    proxy: "workbench.dev:8000",
                    watchTask: true
                }
            }
        },

        clean: {
            dist: [
                'public/css/style.min.css',
                'public/js/scripts.min.js'
            ]
        }
    }); // initConfig

    // On watch events look at the filepath
    // IF it's a codecept test that was saved, run only that single testfile
    grunt.event.on('watch', function(action, filepath) {

        var suite = 'unit'
        if(filepath.indexOf("functional") > -1)
        {
            suite = 'functional';
        }
        else if(filepath.indexOf("acceptance") > -1)
        {
            suite = 'acceptance';
        }

        grunt.config('codecept.file', filepath.replace(/^.*[\\\/]/, ''));
        grunt.config('codecept.suite', suite);
    });

    // Load
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-autoprefixer');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-clean');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-browser-sync');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-less');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-phpunit');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-exec');
    
    // ----------------------------------------------------
    // TASKS
    // ----------------------------------------------------
    grunt.registerTask('default', [
        'clean',
        'less',
        'uglify',
        'phpunit'
    ]);

    grunt.registerTask('build', [
        'exec:assetpublish',
        'clean',
        'less',
        'autoprefixer',
        'uglify'
    ]);

    grunt.registerTask('compileLess', [
        'exec:assetpublish',
        'less'
    ]);

    grunt.registerTask('compileJs', [
        'exec:assetpublish',
        'uglify'
    ]);

    grunt.registerTask('sync', ['browserSync', 'watch']);

    // Testing
    grunt.registerTask('test', [
        'exec:testbuild',
        'exec:startphantom',
        'exec:codecept',
        'exec:stopphantom'
    ]);

    // Test File
    grunt.registerTask('testsingle', [
        'exec:testbuild', 
        'exec:startphantom',
        'exec:codeceptsingle',
        'exec:stopphantom'
    ]);
};