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+module.exports = (grunt) ->
+  appConfig = grunt.file.readJSON("package.json")
+
+  # Load grunt tasks automatically
+  # see: https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-grunt-tasks
+  require("load-grunt-tasks")(grunt)
+
+  # Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
+  # see: https://npmjs.org/package/time-grunt
+  require("time-grunt")(grunt)
+  pathsConfig = (appName) ->
+    @app = appName or appConfig.name
+    app: @app
+    templates: @app + "/templates"
+    css: @app + "/static/css"
+    sass: @app + "/static/sass"
+    fonts: @app + "/static/fonts"
+    images: @app + "/static/images"
+    js: @app + "/static/js"
+    manageScript: @app + "/manage.py"
+
+  grunt.initConfig
+    paths: pathsConfig()
+    pkg: appConfig
+
+    # see: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-watch
+    watch:
+      gruntfile:
+        files: ["Gruntfile.coffee"]
+
+      compass:
+        files: ["<%= paths.sass %>/**/*.{scss,sass}"]
+        tasks: ["compass:server"]
+
+      livereload:
+        files: [
+          "<%= paths.js %>/**/*.js"
+          "<%= paths.sass %>/**/*.{scss,sass}"
+          "<%= paths.app %>/**/*.html"
+        ]
+        options:
+          spawn: false
+          livereload: true
+
+
+    # see: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-compass
+    compass:
+      options:
+        sassDir: "<%= paths.sass %>"
+        cssDir: "<%= paths.css %>"
+        fontsDir: "<%= paths.fonts %>"
+        imagesDir: "<%= paths.images %>"
+        relativeAssets: false
+        assetCacheBuster: false
+        raw: "Sass::Script::Number.precision = 10\n"
+
+      dist:
+        options:
+          environment: "production"
+
+      server:
+        options: {}
+
+    # see: https://npmjs.org/package/grunt-bg-shell
+    bgShell:
+      _defaults:
+        bg: true
+
+      runDjango:
+        cmd: "python <%= paths.manageScript %> runserver"
+
+  grunt.registerTask "serve", [
+    "bgShell:runDjango"
+    "watch"
+  ]
+  grunt.registerTask "build", ["compass:dist"]
+  grunt.registerTask "default", ["build"]
+  return