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+namespace :jasmine do
+    task :ci do
+      require 'jasmine'
+      load 'jasmine/tasks/jasmine.rake'
+    ### rescue LoadError
+    ###  task :jasmine do
+    ###    abort "Jasmine is not available. In order to run jasmine, you must: (sudo) gem install jasmine"
+    ###  end
+    end
+end
+
+namespace :jshint do
+  task :require do
+    sh "which jshint" do |ok, res|
+      fail 'Cannot find jshint on $PATH' unless ok
+    end
+  end
+
+  task :check => 'jshint:require' do
+    project_root = File.expand_path('', File.dirname(__FILE__))
+    ### config_file = File.join(project_root, 'config', 'jshint.json')
+    js_root_dir = File.join(project_root, 'src')
+
+    files = Rake::FileList.new
+    files.include File.join(js_root_dir, '**', '*.js')
+    files.exclude File.join(js_root_dir, 'lib', '**', '*.js')
+    print js_root_dir
+    print js_root_dir
+    ###sh "jshint #{files.join(' ')} --config #{config_file}" do |ok, res|
+    sh "jshint #{files.join(' ')}" do |ok, res|
+      fail 'JSHint found errors.' unless ok
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+desc 'Run JSHint checks against Javascript source'
+task :jshint => 'jshint:check'
+
+task :default => 'jasmine:ci'