Browserify Uglify Via Node Script Or Command Line?

It seems in many places the professionals are building their projects using a node.js script that involves either gulp or grunt. What I can't figure out though, is why the script m

Solution 1:

It's not. The command line is still the safest way. And npm alows building such a script by default. People go for gulp or grunt or other such built tools for Continuous Integration. Uglify is something that you only need once for production purposes, but say you want to run your tests each time one of your file changes, or you want to use JSLint. Well, I know many of these plugins provide Continous Integration support, but not all of them do. Gulp, `Grunt``` and other such build tools come with the solution out-of-the box.

But I see more and more people moving from gulp, grunt to basic npm and I totally support this movement.