Merge pull request #4709 from akshay-99/release-fixes

Fix some issues in the release

Author: lmccart

.gitignore

@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ p5-website/
 coverage/
 lib/p5-test.js
 release/
+parameterData.json
 yarn.lock

Gruntfile.js

@@ -561,5 +561,11 @@ module.exports = grunt => {
     'watch:yui'
   ]);
   grunt.registerTask('yui:build', ['yui']);
+
+  // This is called by the "prepublishOnly" script in package.json to build the
+  // documentation and the library after np bumps up the version number so that
+  // the newly built files with the updated version number can be published.
+  grunt.registerTask('prerelease', ['yui', 'build']);
+
   grunt.registerTask('default', ['lint-no-fix', 'test']);
 };

contributor_docs/release_process.md

@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ npm run release
 * `np` will then reinstall `node_modules` then run tests with `npm test`.
 * `np` will bump the version according to what was selected at the beginning.
 * If any step prior to this failed, the repo will be reverted to its initial state before running `npm run release`.
+* The task mentioned in `prepublishOnly` in `package.json` will run ( `grunt prerelease` ) to build the documentation and the library with the updated version number
 * The NPM package is published.
 	* Release on NPM : __Only__ the files mentioned in `files` in `package.json` are published.
 * Tags and local commits are pushed to the git remote.
 * A draft release is created on github.com with changelogs that can be edited.
 * Create a Zip file `p5.zip` of `lib` folder (now includes the empty example), which should be uploaded in the GitHub Release draft created above.
 	* After this process completes a window pointing at `release/` will open and it will contain all the files that should be uploaded as part of the Github Release.
 * Push the newly built library to [p5.js-release](https://github.com/processing/p5.js-release) repo for Bower.
-* Building the Docs: This is run as `grunt yui`
 * Push the newly built reference to [p5.js-website](https://github.com/processing/p5.js-website)
 
 ## Testing