Publish node packages with npm is easier done than said! ;) First of all check out Hitchhikers guide to npm

After which, install grunt! npm install -g grunt and then the fun begins.

Below is a simple example of how to publish node packages with grunt+npm :

$ mkdir test # Replace it with your package name.

$ grunt init:node
Running "init:node" (init) task
This task will create one or more files in the current directory, based 
on the environment and the answers to a few questions. 
Note that answering "?" to any question will show question-specific help and 
answering "none" to most questions will leave its value blank.

"node" template notes:
Project name shouldn't contain "node" or "js" and should be a unique ID not
already in use at search.npmjs.org.

Please answer the following:
[?] Project name (test) 
[?] Description (The best project ever.) 
[?] Version (0.1.0) 
[?] Project git repository (git://github.com/hemanth/test.git) 
[?] Project homepage (https://github.com/hemanth/test) 
[?] Project issues tracker (https://github.com/hemanth/test/issues) 
[?] Licenses (MIT) 
[?] Author name (Hemanth.HM) 
[?] Author email ([email protected]) 
[?] Author url (none) h3manth.com
[?] What versions of node does it run on? (>= 0.6.0) 
[?] Main module/entry point (lib/test) 
[?] Npm test command (grunt test) 
[?] Do you need to make any changes to the above before continuing? (y/N) n

Writing .npmignore...OK
Writing grunt.js...OK
Writing lib/test.js...OK
Writing README.md...OK
Writing test/test_test.js...OK
Writing LICENSE-MIT...OK

Initialized from template "node".

$ tree
.
├── LICENSE-MIT
├── README.md
├── grunt.js
├── lib
│   └── test.js
├── npm-debug.log
├── package.json
└── test
    └── test_test.js

2 directories, 7 files


$ npm publish #Ofcourse, after editing the boiler code as per need.

WISH : Debian packaging was as easy as this!

Built-in tasks As of now, grunt has the following predefined tasks that you can use in your project:

• concat - Concatenate files.
• init - Generate project scaffolding from a predefined template.
• lint - Validate files with [JSHint][jshint].
• min - Minify files with [UglifyJS][uglify].
• qunit - Run [QUnit][qunit] unit tests in a headless [PhantomJS][phantom] instance.
• server - Start a static web server.
• test - Run unit tests with [nodeunit][nodeunit].
• watch - Run predefined tasks whenever watched files change.

Happy Hacking! :)