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    copied!<p>I'm starting a project at work and was wondering what the best build tool to use would be.</p> <p>The whole thing is written in CoffeeScript, using AngularJS for the client-side and NodeJS for the server.</p> <p>There are several components to the app:</p> <ul> <li>An iPad app</li> <li>An iPhone app (different functionality from the ipad)</li> <li>A CMS for the apps</li> <li>A NodeJS server</li> </ul> <p>There is tons of shared code between all these, again all written in CoffeeScript.</p> <p>I'd like a build tool where I can list which app uses what code (much of it shared) and it would build each app's javascript files into a seperate folder.</p> <p>For example, I would setup a folder called '/compiled/ipad/' which has index.html, and folders for js, css, img, etc. I would list what compiled coffee files I want thrown into /compiled/ipad/js (some of it from /src/shared/*.coffee, some of it from /src/ipad/*.coffee, etc) and what files I want thrown into /compiled/ipad/css. I would want it to be able to easily concatenate files how I want, too.</p> <p>It would also compile my tests, from /src/test/ipad into /compiled/test/ipad/*.js.</p> <p>All my client-side unit tests are written using <a href="https://github.com/vojtajina/testacular" rel="noreferrer">testacular</a> and I'm not sure what I'll write the server-side unit tests in yet.</p> <p>What build tool/configuration is the best approach here? A Makefile? Something like Grunt? I'm honestly new to the whole build scene.</p> <p><strong>edit</strong>: Decided to go with Browserify. You can find my solution to make it work with Angular here: <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/angular/ytoVaikOcCs" rel="noreferrer">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/angular/ytoVaikOcCs</a></p>
 

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