Update: I frequently get asked, considering this post is now years old, whether or not I still stand by the advice in this post, and whether new developers should use npm as a build tool. The advice still stands, and I believe developers should use npm as a build tool. Myself; I've been Gulp & Grunt free since 2013™. Should I ever change my stance on this, I will immediately update this post. Last
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