Clarifcations in tools README

rstudio · Mar 31, 2015 · babc59f · babc59f
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ This directory contains build tools for Shiny.
 
 ## Grunt
 
-Grunt is a build tool that runs on node.js. In Shiny, it is used for minifying and linting Javascript code.
+Grunt is a build tool that runs on node.js. In Shiny, it is used for concatenating, minifying, and linting Javascript code.
 
 ### Installing Grunt
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ npm install
 
 ### Using Grunt
 
-To run all default grunt tasks (minification and jshint), simply go into the `tools` directory and run:
+To run all default grunt tasks (concatenation, minification, and jshint), simply go into the `tools` directory and run:
 
 ```
 grunt
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ It's also useful to run `grunt` so that it monitors files for changes and run ta
 grunt watch
 ```
 
-One of the tasks minifies `shiny.js` to generate `shiny.min.js`. The minified file is supplied to the browser, along with a source map file, `shiny.min.js.map`, which allows a user to view the original Javascript source when using the debugging console in the browser.
+One of the tasks concatenates all the .js files in `/srcjs` together into `/inst/www/shared/shiny.js`. Another task minifies `shiny.js` to generate `shiny.min.js`. The minified file is supplied to the browser, along with a source map file, `shiny.min.js.map`, which allows a user to view the original Javascript source when using the debugging console in the browser.
 
-During development of Shiny's Javascript code, it's best to use `grunt watch` so that the minified file will get updated whenever you make changes to `shiny.js`.
+During development of Shiny's Javascript code, it's best to use `grunt watch` so that the minified file will get updated whenever you make changes the Javascript sources.