get rid of tmp build folder and start ignoring the dist folder

.gitignore

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ complexity.xml
 # Ignore environment variables set on this machine
 .env
 
+# Ignore built content
+dist/
+tmp/
+
 # Mac
 .DS_Store
 Icon

Gruntfile.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
 
     connect: {
-      dev: {
+      dist: {
         options: {
           port: 8080,
           base: '.',
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         ],
         tasks: [
           'jshint',
-          'clean:dev',
-          'compass:dev',
+          'clean:dist',
+          'compass:dist',
           'handlebars',
-          'concat:dev'
+          'concat:dist'
         ]
         // options: {
         //   nospawn: true
@@ -92,14 +92,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
           noLineComments: true,
           raw: 'asset_cache_buster :none\n'
         }
-      },
-      // Development
-      dev: {
-        options: {
-          sassDir: 'src/scss',
-          cssDir: 'tmp',
-          imagesDir: 'src/img'
-        }
       }
     },
 
@@ -142,21 +134,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         // define a string to put between each file in the concatenated output
         separator: '\n\n'
       },
-      dev: {
-        files: {
-          'tmp/geotrigger-editor.js': [
-            'src/js/header.js',
-            'src/js/app.js',
-            'tmp/templates.js',
-            'src/js/lib/*.js',
-            'src/js/modules/*.js',
-            'src/js/controllers/*.js',
-            'src/js/models/*.js',
-            'src/js/views/*.js',
-            'src/js/footer.js'
-          ]
-        }
-      },
       dist: {
         files: {
           'dist/js/<%= pkg.name %>.js': [
@@ -214,12 +191,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         src: [
           'dist/img/'
         ]
-      },
-      dev: {
-        src: [
-          'tmp/geotrigger-editor.css',
-          'tmp/geotrigger-editor.js'
-        ]
       }
     },
 
@@ -364,11 +335,12 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
   grunt.registerTask('dev', [
     'jshint',
-    'clean:dev',
-    'compass:dev',
+    'clean:dist',
+    'compass:dist',
     'handlebars',
-    'concat:dev',
-    'connect:dev',
+    'concat:dist',
+    'build_img',
+    'connect:dist',
     'watch'
   ]);
 
@@ -379,6 +351,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     'compass:dist',
     'handlebars',
     'concat:dist',
+    'build_img',
     'uglify:dist'
   ]);
 

README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This is the open source version of the Geotrigger Editor available for Esri cust
 
 ### Installation
 
-The `dist` folder contains all the files you need to include the Geotrigger Editor in your project.
+Tagged releases include a `dist` folder which contains all the files you need to include the Geotrigger Editor in your project.
 
 * The built JavaScript and CSS files are available in both expanded and minified versions in `dist/js` and `dist/css` respectively.
 * All images used by the Editor are in `dist/img`.
@@ -140,11 +140,12 @@ Once Node.js is installed, you can install the Grunt command line interface by r
 #### Local Setup
 
 1. Clone the repository and `cd` into the `geotrigger-editor` directory.
-1. Run `npm install` to lay down the  project's dependencies.
+2. Run `npm install` to lay down the  project's dependencies.
+3. Run `grunt` to compile the source code and spin up a local server which watches the source code for changes.
 
 #### Working locally
 
-You'll need an HTTP server to serve files from the root of the repository. The `grunt dev` task takes care of building all source files to temporary files ignored by git (`src/js/geotrigger-editor.js` and `src/css/geotrigger-editor.css`), watching local files for changes, and running a local server for you at http://localhost:8080 (see the `Grunt Tasks` section for more information).
+You'll need an HTTP server to serve files from the root of the repository. The `grunt dev` task takes care of building all source files to the `dist` folder (`dist/js/geotrigger-editor.js` and `dist/css/geotrigger-editor.css`), watching local files for changes, and running a local server for you at http://localhost:8080 (see the `Grunt Tasks` section for more information).
 
 #### Testing locally (todo)