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+/*global module:false*/
+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+
+  // Project configuration.
+  grunt.initConfig({
+    pkg: '<json:package.json>',
+    meta: {
+      banner: '/*! <%= pkg.title || pkg.name %> - v<%= pkg.version %> - ' +
+        '<%= grunt.template.today("yyyy-mm-dd") %>\n' +
+        '<%= pkg.homepage ? "* " + pkg.homepage + "\n" : "" %>' +
+        '* Copyright (c) <%= grunt.template.today("yyyy") %> <%= pkg.author.name %>;' +
+        ' Licensed <%= _.pluck(pkg.licenses, "type").join(", ") %> */'
+    },
+    concat: {
+      dist_js: {
+        src: ['<banner:meta.banner>', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.coords.js>', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.collision.js>', 'src/utils.js', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.draggable.js>', '<file_strip_banner:src/<%= pkg.name %>.js>'],
+        dest: 'dist/<%= pkg.name %>.js'
+      },
+
+      dist_extras_js: {
+        src: ['<banner:meta.banner>', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.coords.js>', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.collision.js>', 'src/utils.js', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.draggable.js>', '<file_strip_banner:src/<%= pkg.name %>.js>', '<file_strip_banner:src/<%= pkg.name %>.extras.js>'],
+        dest: 'dist/<%= pkg.name %>.with-extras.js'
+      },
+
+      dist_css: {
+        src: ['<banner:meta.banner>', 'src/<%= pkg.name %>.css'],
+        dest: 'dist/<%= pkg.name %>.css'
+      },
+
+      dist_demo_js: {
+        src: ['<banner:meta.banner>', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.coords.js>', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.collision.js>', 'src/utils.js', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.draggable.js>', '<file_strip_banner:src/<%= pkg.name %>.js>'],
+        dest: 'gh-pages/dist/<%= pkg.name %>.js'
+      },
+
+      dist_extras_demo_js: {
+        src: ['<banner:meta.banner>', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.coords.js>', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.collision.js>', 'src/utils.js', '<file_strip_banner:src/jquery.draggable.js>', '<file_strip_banner:src/<%= pkg.name %>.js>', '<file_strip_banner:src/<%= pkg.name %>.extras.js>'],
+        dest: 'gh-pages/dist/<%= pkg.name %>.with-extras.js'
+      },
+
+      dist_demo_css: {
+        src: ['<banner:meta.banner>', 'src/<%= pkg.name %>.css'],
+        dest: 'gh-pages/dist/<%= pkg.name %>.css'
+      }
+    },
+    min: {
+      dist: {
+        src: ['<banner:meta.banner>', '<config:concat.dist_js.dest>'],
+        dest: 'dist/<%= pkg.name %>.min.js'
+      },
+
+      dist_extras: {
+        src: ['<banner:meta.banner>', '<config:concat.dist_extras_js.dest>'],
+        dest: 'dist/<%= pkg.name %>.with-extras.min.js'
+      },
+
+      dist_demo: {
+        src: ['<banner:meta.banner>', '<config:concat.dist_js.dest>'],
+        dest: 'gh-pages/dist/<%= pkg.name %>.min.js'
+      },
+
+      dist_extras_demo: {
+        src: ['<banner:meta.banner>', '<config:concat.dist_extras_js.dest>'],
+        dest: 'gh-pages/dist/<%= pkg.name %>.with-extras.min.js'
+      }
+    },
+    mincss: {
+      compress: {
+        files: {
+          "dist/<%= pkg.name %>.min.css": ["dist/<%= pkg.name %>.css"],
+          "gh-pages/dist/<%= pkg.name %>.min.css": ["dist/<%= pkg.name %>.css"]
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    qunit: {
+      files: ['test/**/*.html']
+    },
+    lint: {
+      files: ['grunt.js', 'src/**/*.js', 'test/**/*.js']
+    },
+    watch: {
+      files: ['<config:lint.files>', 'src/<%= pkg.name %>.css'],
+      tasks: 'min concat'
+    },
+    jshint: {
+      options: {
+        curly: true,
+        eqeqeq: true,
+        immed: true,
+        latedef: true,
+        newcap: true,
+        noarg: true,
+        sub: true,
+        undef: true,
+        boss: true,
+        eqnull: true,
+        browser: true
+      },
+      globals: {
+        jQuery: true
+      }
+    },
+    uglify: {},
+    yuidoc: {
+      compile: {
+        "name": 'gridster.js',
+        "description": 'gridster.js, a drag-and-drop multi-column jQuery grid plugin',
+        "version": '0.1.0',
+        "url": 'http://gridster.net/',
+        "logo": 'http://ducksboard.com/wp-content/themes/blog-theme-ducksboard/images/ducksboard.png',
+        options: {
+          paths: "src/",
+          outdir: "gh-pages/docs/"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib');
+
+  // Default task.
+  grunt.registerTask('default', 'lint qunit concat min mincss yuidoc');
+
+};