AngularJS grunt serve not running when changing file in subfolder - angularjs

Question

I have created one AngularJS application using grunt, yeoman and bower.
Inside app folder, I have a view folder. Inside that I have many html files.
I do grunt serve command to run the application. I am using chrome. When I change any file (styles, scripts, images, views), it chrome will refresh the page and will show the difference.
I have a folder inside views called sub. I have some html files inside the sub folder. It is showing up when I run the application. But if I change content of any file in that folder, chrome is not refreshing. I have to manually refresh it.
Why is that?
Gruntfile.js
// Generated on 2014-04-03 using generator-angular 0.8.0
'use strict';
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// Load grunt tasks automatically
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
// Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// Define the configuration for all the tasks
grunt.initConfig({
// Project settings
yeoman: {
// configurable paths
app: require('./bower.json').appPath || 'app',
dist: 'dist'
},
// Watches files for changes and runs tasks based on the changed files
watch: {
bower: {
files: ['bower.json'],
tasks: ['bowerInstall']
},
js: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:all'],
options: {
livereload: true
}
},
jsTest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js'],
tasks: ['newer:jshint:test', 'karma']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
tasks: ['newer:copy:styles', 'autoprefixer']
},
gruntfile: {
files: ['Gruntfile.js']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/}*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
// The actual grunt server settings
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
// Change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside.
hostname: 'localhost',
livereload: 35729
},
proxies: [
{
context: '/webserver',
host: 'localhost',
port: '8080',
https: false,
changeOrigin: false
}
],
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
],
middleware: function (connect, options) {
if (!Array.isArray(options.base)) {
options.base = [options.base];
}
// Setup the proxy
var middlewares = [require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest];
// Serve static files.
options.base.forEach(function(base) {
middlewares.push(connect.static(base));
});
// Make directory browse-able.
var directory = options.directory || options.base[options.base.length - 1];
middlewares.push(connect.directory(directory));
return middlewares;
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
port: 9001,
base: [
'.tmp',
'test',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
]
}
},
dist: {
options: {
base: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
}
},
// Make sure code styles are up to par and there are no obvious mistakes
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc',
reporter: require('jshint-stylish')
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js'
],
test: {
options: {
jshintrc: 'test/.jshintrc'
},
src: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.js']
}
},
// Empties folders to start fresh
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
// Add vendor prefixed styles
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// Automatically inject Bower components into the app
bowerInstall: {
app: {
src: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'],
ignorePath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/'
}
},
// Renames files for browser caching purposes
rev: {
dist: {
files: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/*'
]
}
}
},
// Reads HTML for usemin blocks to enable smart builds that automatically
// concat, minify and revision files. Creates configurations in memory so
// additional tasks can operate on them
useminPrepare: {
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html',
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
flow: {
html: {
steps: {
js: ['concat', 'uglifyjs'],
css: ['cssmin']
},
post: {}
}
}
}
},
// Performs rewrites based on rev and the useminPrepare configuration
usemin: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
options: {
assetsDirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>']
}
},
// The following *-min tasks produce minified files in the dist folder
cssmin: {
options: {
root: '<%= yeoman.app %>'
}
},
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
collapseWhitespace: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
removeOptionalTags: true
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: ['*.html', 'views/{,*/}*.html'],
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// ngmin tries to make the code safe for minification automatically by
// using the Angular long form for dependency injection. It doesn't work on
// things like resolve or inject so those have to be done manually.
ngmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/concat/scripts',
src: '*.js',
dest: '.tmp/concat/scripts'
}]
}
},
// Replace Google CDN references
cdnify: {
dist: {
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/*.html']
}
},
// Copies remaining files to places other tasks can use
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'*.html',
'views/{,*/}*.html',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp}',
'fonts/*'
]
}, {
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/images',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
src: ['generated/*']
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
// Run some tasks in parallel to speed up the build process
concurrent: {
server: [
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin'
]
},
// By default, your `index.html`'s <!-- Usemin block --> will take care of
// minification. These next options are pre-configured if you do not wish
// to use the Usemin blocks.
// cssmin: {
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
// '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
// uglify: {
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js': [
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/scripts.js'
// ]
// }
// }
// },
// concat: {
// dist: {}
// },
// Test settings
karma: {
unit: {
configFile: 'karma.conf.js',
singleRun: true
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('serve', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'bowerInstall',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer',
'configureProxies',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('server', function (target) {
grunt.log.warn('The `server` task has been deprecated. Use `grunt serve` to start a server.');
grunt.task.run(['serve:' + target]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test',
'karma'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'bowerInstall',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'concat',
'ngmin',
'copy:dist',
'cdnify',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'rev',
'usemin',
'htmlmin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'newer:jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};
karma.conf.js
// Karma configuration
// http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/config/configuration-file.html
module.exports = function(config) {
config.set({
// base path, that will be used to resolve files and exclude
basePath: '',
// testing framework to use (jasmine/mocha/qunit/...)
frameworks: ['jasmine'],
// list of files / patterns to load in the browser
files: [
'app/bower_components/angular/angular.js',
'app/bower_components/angular-mocks/angular-mocks.js',
'app/bower_components/angular-resource/angular-resource.js',
'app/bower_components/angular-cookies/angular-cookies.js',
'app/bower_components/angular-sanitize/angular-sanitize.js',
'app/bower_components/angular-route/angular-route.js',
'app/scripts/*.js',
'app/scripts/**/*.js',
'test/mock/**/*.js',
'test/spec/**/*.js'
],
// list of files / patterns to exclude
exclude: [],
// web server port
port: 8080,
// level of logging
// possible values: LOG_DISABLE || LOG_ERROR || LOG_WARN || LOG_INFO || LOG_DEBUG
logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
// enable / disable watching file and executing tests whenever any file changes
autoWatch: false,
// Start these browsers, currently available:
// - Chrome
// - ChromeCanary
// - Firefox
// - Opera
// - Safari (only Mac)
// - PhantomJS
// - IE (only Windows)
browsers: ['Chrome'],
// Continuous Integration mode
// if true, it capture browsers, run tests and exit
singleRun: false
});
};
karma-e2e.conf.js
// Karma configuration
// http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/config/configuration-file.html
module.exports = function(config) {
config.set({
// base path, that will be used to resolve files and exclude
basePath: '',
// testing framework to use (jasmine/mocha/qunit/...)
frameworks: ['ng-scenario'],
// list of files / patterns to load in the browser
files: [
'test/e2e/**/*.js'
],
// list of files / patterns to exclude
exclude: [],
// web server port
port: 8080,
// level of logging
// possible values: LOG_DISABLE || LOG_ERROR || LOG_WARN || LOG_INFO || LOG_DEBUG
logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
// enable / disable watching file and executing tests whenever any file changes
autoWatch: false,
// Start these browsers, currently available:
// - Chrome
// - ChromeCanary
// - Firefox
// - Opera
// - Safari (only Mac)
// - PhantomJS
// - IE (only Windows)
browsers: ['Chrome'],
// Continuous Integration mode
// if true, it capture browsers, run tests and exit
singleRun: false
// Uncomment the following lines if you are using grunt's server to run the tests
// proxies: {
// '/': 'http://localhost:9000/'
// },
// URL root prevent conflicts with the site root
// urlRoot: '_karma_'
});
};

Answer 1

As mentioned in the lines 4 to 8 of your Gruntfile:
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
So you have to change all the {,*/}* in your gruntfile by **/*