First, you must download and install node.js. NPM stands for node packaged modules and is a way to manage development dependencies through Node.js.

Download the Node.js source code or a pre-built installer for your platform, and start developing, you can download it from nodejs.org

You can check it in your terminal window using these commands node --version and npm --version.

GruntJS is a JavaScipt task runner. In one word: automation. The less work you have to do when performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc...

Robust Build System use the grunt task to generate the different templates.

From the command line:

• Install grunt-cli globally with npm install -g grunt-cli
• To install node packages, navigate to the root robust-admin/directory, then run npm install. NPM use the package.json file and automatically install the required local dependencies listed in it.

Gruntfile.js file contain all the predefined task. Below template contain all the grunt task and usage.

You can modify or add your task in Gruntfile.js file.

Robust build system provides built in 7 different types of templates 2 horizontal and 5 vertical templates as shown in above folder structure.

Blow table contain 'vertical-menu-template' template task and text direction wise gulp commands. Based on thta example you can create the rest the template and your custom template commands to generate the tempate.