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by Kiro 4508 days ago
> 3. Slow, complex build tools

I'm building a big AngularJS app and I'm not using any build tools. Apart from minifying, what would you use it for?

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Concatenating your large collection of controllers, services and directives. Running internationalization jobs, running unit tests, running JSLint, running LESS compilation. Creating a versioned file so you have a fallback. And more!
Sometimes, we just create our own problem. I fell into that trap before, and my toolbox is more minimal now. And btw, gulp is a better replacement for Gunt. But still, consider adding too many plugins into it before it's too late.