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+//To build dist/thrift.js, dist/thrift.min.js and doc/*
+//run grunt at the command line in this directory.
+//Prerequisites:
+// Node Setup -   nodejs.org
+// Grunt Setup -  npm install  //reads the ./package.json and installs project dependencies
+
+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+  'use strict';
+
+  grunt.initConfig({
+    pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
+    concat: {
+      options: {
+        separator: ';'
+      },
+      dist: {
+        src: ['src/**/*.js'],
+        dest: 'dist/<%= pkg.name %>.js'
+      }
+    },
+    jsdoc : {
+        dist : {
+            src: ['src/*.js', './README'], 
+            options: {
+              destination: 'doc'
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    uglify: {
+      options: {
+        banner: '/*! <%= pkg.name %> <%= grunt.template.today("dd-mm-yyyy") %> */\n'
+      },
+      dist: {
+        files: {
+          'dist/<%= pkg.name %>.min.js': ['<%= concat.dist.dest %>']
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    qunit: {
+      all: {
+        options: {
+          urls: [
+            'http://localhost:8088/test.html'
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    jshint: {
+      files: ['Gruntfile.js', 'src/**/*.js', 'test/*.js'],
+      options: {
+        // options here to override JSHint defaults
+        globals: {
+          jQuery: true,
+          console: true,
+          module: true,
+          document: true
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  });
+
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-qunit');
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-concat');
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-jsdoc');
+
+  grunt.registerTask('test', ['jshint', 'qunit']);
+  grunt.registerTask('default', ['jshint', 'qunit', 'concat', 'uglify', 'jsdoc']);
+};
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