This is a subset of the steps needed to generate a Brackets release build.

1. Install Node 0.8.x or newer http://nodejs.org/download/
2. Run npm install -g grunt-cli to install the GruntJS command line interface
3. Run npm install -g jasmine-node to install the jasmine-node test runner
4. Run npm install from the root of the brackets git repo
5. Run grunt

Development Task Details

• grunt jshint Run JSHINT on all /src and /test files as well as the Gruntfile.js
• grunt jasmine Run headless Jasmine tests
• grunt jasmine-node to run the Node tests
• grunt test Run JSHINT and Jasmine if JSHINT completes without errors
• grunt watch Watch for file changes, then run JSHINT and Jasmine

Adding Unit Tests

Non-integration tests (typically tests that don't require a full Brackets instance running) are candidates to run headless via PhantomJS. The headless tests use a separate spec runner that is configured in Gruntfile.js. To add new tests, modify the config object, find the specs property and add the path to the spec file (e.g. test/spec/MyFeature.js to the array of specs.

Node-based tests are also good candidates to run via Grunt. Look at the jasmine-node task in Gruntfile.js.

Misc. Tasks

• grunt write-config Automatically run after npm install to update src/config.json
• grunt install See write-config