npm + grunt + bower + grunt-bower-task

Maybe this will help someone... In any case - I'm keeping this KB mostly for myself :)

Since I prefer following structure for my node.js (and backbone / underscore) projects:

project/
  public/
   js/
     lib/ - here will go all libs/frameworks
     app/ - here will go all JS application files
   ...
   css/
   fonts/
   tpl/

1) Sample package.json:

{
  "name": "test",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node app.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "3.*",
    "bower": "*"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "grunt": "^0.4.5",
    "grunt-bower-task": "^0.4.0"
  }
}

2) Sample Gruntfile.js:

module.exports = function(grunt) {

  var path = require('path');

  grunt.initConfig({

    pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),

    bower: {

      install: {

        options: {

          targetDir: './public',

          layout: function(type, component, source) {

            var renamedType = type;

            if (type == 'js') renamedType = 'js/lib';

            else if (type == 'js/map') renamedType = 'js/lib';

            else if (type == 'js/lang') renamedType = 'js/lib/lang';

            else if (type == 'css') renamedType = 'css';

            else if (type == 'css/img') renamedType = 'css';

            return path.join(renamedType);;

          },

          install: true,

          verbose: false,

          cleanTargetDir: false,

          cleanBowerDir: false,

          bowerOptions: {}

        }

      }

    }

  });

  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-bower-task');

  // Default task(s).

  grunt.registerTask('default', ['bower']);

};

3) Sample bower.json

{

  "name": "test",

  "version": "0.0.0",

  "moduleType": [

    "amd"

  ],

  "authors": [

    "Viktor Yarmak "

  ],

  "license": "MIT",

  "ignore": [

    "**/.*",

    "node_modules",

    "bower_components",

    "test",

    "tests"

  ],

  "dependencies": {

    "requirejs": "*",

    "jquery": "1.*",

    "backbone": "*",

    "underscore": "*",

    "bootstrap": "*",

    "font-awesome": "*",

    "backbone-validation": "*",

    "backbone.paginator": "*",

    "fuelux": "*",

    "moment": "*",

    "chosen": "https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen/releases/download/v1.1.0/chosen_v1.1.0.zip"

  },

  "exportsOverride": {

    "requirejs": {

      "js": "require.js"

    },

    "jquery": {

      "js": "dist/jquery*.js",

      "js/map": "dist/jquery*.map"

    },

    "jquery-1.*": {},

    "backbone": {

      "js": "backbone.js"

    },

    "underscore": {

      "js": "underscore*.js",

      "js/map": "underscore*.map"

    },

    "bootstrap": {

      "js": "dist/js/bootstrap*.js",

      "js/map": "dist/js/bootstrap*.map",

      "fonts": "dist/fonts/*",

      "css": "dist/css/*"

    },

    "font-awesome": {

      "css": "css/*",

      "fonts": "fonts/*"

    },

    "backbone-validation": {

      "js": "dist/*.js"

    },

    "backbone.paginator": {

      "js": "lib/*.js"

    },

    "fuelux": {

      "js": "dist/js/*.js",

      "fonts": "dist/fonts/*",

      "css": "dist/css/*"

    },

    "chosen": {

      "js": "chosen.jquery*.js",

      "css/img": "chose*.png",

      "css": "chosen*.css"

    },

    "moment": {

      "js": "moment.js",

      "js": "min/*.js",

      "js/lang": "lang/*.js"

    }

  }

}

After this you can run:

npm update

grunt