module.exports = function(grunt) { grunt.initConfig({ less: { development: { files: { 'public/bin/manifest.css': 'source/manifest.less' } } }, watch: { lessUpdated: { files: 'public/**/*.less', /*tasks: ['express:lessUpdated']*/ }, clientUpdated: { files: 'public/src/**/*.js', /*tasks: ['express:clientUpdated']*/ }, serverUpdated: { files: ['*.js', 'src/**/*.js'], /*tasks: ['express:serverUpdated']*/ } } }); grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch'); grunt.registerTask('default', ['watch']); var fork = require('child_process').fork, env = process.env; process.env.NODE_ENV = 'development' var worker = fork('app.js', ['--log-level=info'], { env: env, silent: true }); grunt.event.on('watch', function(action, filepath, target) { var args = []; if (target === 'lessUpdated') { args.push('--from-file=js'); } else if (target === 'clientUpdated') { args.push('--from-file=less'); } else if (target === 'serverUpdated') { args.push('--from-file=less,js'); } args.push('--log-level=info'); worker.kill(); worker = fork('app.js', args, { env: env, silent: true }); }); };