[noir_lord]

Your post just punched me in the gut.

I've spent the last couple of weeks playing the "front end build tool dance" (primarily a back end dev) to find a system I like and it simply never occurred to me I could write my own as a quick bash script or python if I think it'll grow.

That's an embarrassing oversight.

[chubot]

Good :) Shell scripts will be around for a lot longer than any of those tools.

Shell is also significantly easier and faster, if you just want to say run jslint, then minify, etc.

I program in lots of languages, so shell is the first tool I reach for. Learning the language is enough; I don't have time for all these quirky build and deploy tools.

[noir_lord]

The embarrassing part is I automate everything with the shell and still never thought of it :).