Let's create a simple Node.js module

• Generate and test-drive a module using Grunt
• Push it to GitHub
• Set up continuous testing with Travis CI
• Publish to npm

What is this Grunt thing?

$ npm install -g grunt

• JavaScript build tool.
• Emphasises use of re-usable plugins
• Comes with JSHint, QUnit, Nodeunit
• Inludes an 'init' task for scaffolding

Mind the scaffolding

Get up and running quickly with the built-in set of templates:

$ grunt init:node
$ grunt init:jquery
$ grunt init:commonjs
$ grunt init:gruntfile

Naming it is the hardest part

'Palindrode', detects if a string is a palindrome ("level", "madam", "A Toyota's a Toyota")

$ mkdir palindrode
$ cd palindrode
$ grunt init:node