Create a grunt task for running in development

Gruntfile.js

@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 			}
 		},
 
+		nodemon: {
+			development: {
+				options: {
+					cwd: __dirname,
+					file: 'index.js',
+					env: {
+						NODE_ENV: 'development'
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		},
+
 		uglify: {
 			options: {
 				mangle: false
@@ -67,9 +79,11 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-less');
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
+	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-nodemon');
 
 	grunt.registerTask('lint', ['jshint']);
 	grunt.registerTask('compile', ['less', 'uglify']);
+	grunt.registerTask('start', ['nodemon:development']);
 	grunt.registerTask('default', ['compile', 'lint']);
 	grunt.registerTask('ci', ['compile', 'lint']);
 

README.md

@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ Each of these files defines configurations for a different environment. If you'r
 Now that you've got your application configured, you can run in each mode with the following commands:
 
 ```sh
-$ NODE_ENV=production node .
-$ NODE_ENV=development ./node_modules/.bin/supervisor -q .
+$ NODE_ENV=production node .   # Run in production
+$ NODE_ENV=development node .  # Run in development
 ```
 
-Development mode runs the application with [Supervisor][supervisor], so you won't need to restart it if you change any JavaScript files.
+See [development instructions](#development) for more information about running locally (and restarting automatically when files change).
 
 
 Configurations
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Now you'll be able to run the following commands:
 $ grunt          # Run the lint and test tasks together
 $ grunt lint     # Run JSHint with the correct config
 $ grunt compile  # Compile front-end assets
+$ grunt start    # Run app in development mode, restarting if files change
 $ grunt watch    # Watch for file changes and compile assets
 ```
 

package.json

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 		"grunt-contrib-less": "~0.8",
 		"grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.2",
 		"grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.5",
-		"supervisor": "~0.5"
+		"grunt-nodemon": "~0.1"
 	},
 
 	"scripts": {