Gradle-Bower blog post

application.css

/*
*= require_tree bower_components
*= require main
*= require mobile
*= require_self
*/

application.js

//= require_tree bower_components
//= require_self

bower.json

{
  "name": "pet-store",
  "description": "",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/double16/pet-store",
  "license": "MIT",
  "private": false,
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "~2.1.0",
    "angular": "~1.3.15",
    "angular-route": "~1.3.15",
    "angular-loader": "~1.3.15",
    "angular-animate": "~1.3.15",
    "angular-cookies": "~1.3.15",
    "angular-resource": "~1.3.15",
    "angular-sanitize": "~1.3.15",
    "angular-touch": "~1.3.15",
    "angular-mocks": "~1.3.15",
    "animate.css": "3.x"
  }
}

bowerInstall.gradle

task bowerInstall(type: NodeTask) {
    script = file('node_modules/bower/bin/bower')
    args = ["--config.storage.cache=${gradle.getGradleUserHomeDir()}/caches/bower/cache",
            "--config.storage.packages=${gradle.getGradleUserHomeDir()}/caches/bower/packages",
            "--config.storage.registry=${gradle.getGradleUserHomeDir()}/caches/bower/registry",
            'install']
    inputs.files file('bower.json')
    outputs.files file('bower_components')
    dependsOn npmPackages
}

bowerPackages-dep.gradle

processResources.dependsOn bowerPackages
assetCompile.dependsOn bowerPackages

bowerPackages.gradle

task bowerPackages() {
    dependsOn bowerSyncJavascript, bowerSyncStylesheets
}

bowerSyncJavascript.gradle

task bowerSyncJavascript(type: Sync) {
    from 'bower_components'
    into "grails-app/assets/javascripts/bower_components"
    exclude '**/*.min.js'
    exclude '**/angular*/index.js'
    exclude '**/angular*/ng*.js'
    include 'jquery/dist/jquery.js'
    include 'angular*/**/*.js'
    dependsOn bowerInstall
}

bowerSyncStylesheets.gradle

task bowerSyncStylesheets(type: Sync) {
    from 'bower_components'
    into "grails-app/assets/stylesheets/bower_components"
    include 'angular*/**/*.css'
    include 'animate.css/animate.css'
    dependsOn bowerInstall
}

clean.gradle

clean.delete << file('grails-app/assets/javascripts/bower_components')
clean.delete << file('grails-app/assets/stylesheets/bower_components')
clean.delete << file('node_modules')
clean.delete << file('bower_components')

gitignore

/node_modules
bower_components

gradle-node-plugin-dep.gradle

buildscript {
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.moowork.gradle:gradle-node-plugin:0.9'
    }
}

node-config.gradle

node {
    version = '0.12.2'
    npmVersion = '2.7.5'
    download = true
}

npmCacheConfig.gradle

task npmCacheConfig(type: NpmTask) {
    description = "Configure the NPM cache"
    def npmCacheDir = "${gradle.getGradleUserHomeDir()}/caches/npm"
    outputs.files file(npmCacheDir)
    args = [ 'config', 'set', 'cache', npmCacheDir ]
}

npmInstall-dep.gradle

task npmPackages(type: NpmTask, dependsOn: npmCacheConfig) {
    description = "Install Node.js packages"
    args = [ 'install' ]
    inputs.files file('package.json')
    outputs.files file('node_modules')
}

package.json

{
  "engines": {
    "node": "0.12.x"
  },
  "name": "pet-store",
  "private": false,
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "description": "",
  "repository": "https://github.com/double16/pet-store",
  "license": "MIT",
  "main": "",
  "dependencies": {
    "bower": "^1.4.0"
  }
}