How can I run Grunt as a external tool from IntelliJ?

Question

I've tried to run Grunt.js before I compile and launch my project without any luck.

I've tried to run it with the "Run External Tool" option in IntelliJ configuration edition menu, it asks you for the path of the program you want to run, I've tried to add the Grunt path in /usr/bin but it tells me that the node environment cannot be found.

Answer 1

This answer helped me more than what you selected as the correct answer. The difference is that this one is for webstorm. Here's what I'd do: I'd install the node.js plugin in intellij, then configure it like this:

• Path to Node: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe
• Working Directory: directory with your Gruntfile.js in it
• Path to Node App JS File: C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\grunt-cli\bin\grunt
• Application Parameters: Whatever you want to pass to grunt as parameters

This is on windows 7.