This is the project scaffolding I use for all of my Craft CMS projects.

• Node.js
• Grunt - $ npm install -g grunt-cli
• Bower - $ npm install -g bower

This project scaffolding is pretty opinionated and makes use of the following tools, open source projects, and architecture methodologies:

• Require.js - JavaScript file and module loader
• Sass - CSS extension language
• CoffeeScript - Language that transcompiles to JavaScript
• SMACSS - Methodology for organizing scalable and modular CSS architectures
• svg4everybody - Open source external SVG polyfill
• PictureFill - Open source picture element polyfill

Download or clone this project scaffold into your working directory, and then run:

$ npm install
$ bower install

Your project is now fully set up. You have two Grunt tasks in your Gruntfile: $ grunt for development and $ grunt build for project compilation.

After running $ grunt build, your deploy-ready code will be located in the /dist/ directory of your project.