Using grunt watch for things like automatically linting my files, and running unit tests based on what source / test files are changing was a revolutionary jump for me and my development with Node. Having a near-0 feedback loop to indicate your impact to code quality and tests is priceless!
Grunt also makes it super simple to do add tasks which are wrappers for things like Vagrant etc. For example, you can bootstrap a vagrant vm with a mongo service provisioned inside the VM and have that auto-deploy before you start you development workflow.
For those who are interested (in filing bugs, seeking inspiration, providing feedback), feel free to check out my NodeJS starter project here: https://github.com/sabhiram/nodejs-scaffolding
Grunt also makes it super simple to do add tasks which are wrappers for things like Vagrant etc. For example, you can bootstrap a vagrant vm with a mongo service provisioned inside the VM and have that auto-deploy before you start you development workflow.
For those who are interested (in filing bugs, seeking inspiration, providing feedback), feel free to check out my NodeJS starter project here: https://github.com/sabhiram/nodejs-scaffolding