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A good workflow means fewer hiccups in a project build. An automated workflow means fewer hiccups and faster production! Front-end developer Dan Tello joins the show to share how he and his team at Viget use build tools and task runners to automate their front-end (and CMS!) development. Dan details his process learning Grunt, then making the switch to Gulp and why he prefers it. He shares his Gulp Starter repo and details the various tools he uses for the different assets he builds. We also discuss some of the challenges of workflow automation and tips for keeping those challenges manageable. < Download MP3 >      < Listen on ctrlclickcast.com > Show Notes: LiveReload IcoMoon Rails Sprockets Compass Grunt RequireJS And just like that Grunt and RequireJS are out, it’s all about Gulp and Browserify now Gulp Browserify Node.js NPM Babel webpack Node-sass imagemin gulp-svgstore Browse