Can we manage dependencies (js/css), minify, build, serve, watch ... only with node and nmp. If so how it works and why people use grunt, gulp, bower with npm ?
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Basically on what i understand (angular-cli is very recent) it hide the webpack .. in reality it use it behind the scene ... i prefer to use the stack made by myself with Webpack and npm .. but now they've just released a new feature the AOT compiler.
https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/cookbook/aot-compiler.html
In reallity it is possible to be done also with webpack .. but you need some changes of your code :
https://github.com/blacksonic/angular2-aot-webpack
Angular-cli is taken (as idea) from Ember-cli .. it help you to manage and create (scaffold) your app....
I think (but it's my idea) I'll continue without it and I'll try to implement new features (as AOT) by myself cause i want to know what happen behind the scene and know everything of my stack.... but it's my personal idea
Hope it help you ..
federico scamuzzi
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Can we manage dependencies (js/css), minify, build, serve, watch ... only with node and npm.
the "pm" in "npm" stands for "package-manager" so, of course you can use it as your main package manager.
You can define your own npm scripts in the
package.jsonfile and they'll get run when you enter arbitrary command in the console (npm run {script-name}). It can - in some way - replace grunt, gulp and other task-runners.
why people use grunt, gulp, bower with npm ?
Good question, in fact it's like using a framework, when using gulp, grunt, etc, you have a single API, and you can easily find ready-made tools that fit your needs and save your time instead of writing your own script every time.
Using these tools also allow to use a unified API to run all your tasks and avoid you messing with several scripts, and question such as "how should I pass arguments to this script ?" "what is the command to run this ?" etc.
For bower vs npm there is already an answer here
