gulp-dotnet-watch

dotnet-watch plugin for Gulp

Install

npm install gulp-dotnet-watch --save-dev

Don't forget to install the dotnet-watch tooling.

Basic Usage

var gulp = require('gulp'),
    dotnet = require('gulp-dotnet-watch');
 
gulp.task('watch-server', function () {
    dotnet.watch('run', {
        cwd: './Web'
    });
});

Advanced Usage

var gulp = require('gulp'),
    dotnet = require('gulp-dotnet-watch');
 
gulp.task('watch-server', function (cb) {
    var watcher = new dotnet({
        cwd: './Web',
        logLevel: 'error',
        options: ['verbose'],
        arguments: {
            framework: 'net451',
            arg1: 'value'
        }
    });
 
    watcher.watch('run', cb);
});

Options

cwd

The cwd option should be the path where the dotnet-watch tooling is available.

Default: './'

options

Toggle options such as --verbose or --no-build are to be placed in the options array.

Default: null

arguments

The arguments option is a object for any key/value arguments. For example, --framework net451 -- --arg1 value1 would result in { framework: 'net451, arg1: 'value1' }.

Default: null

logLevel

This option will determine the level of log information that will be output to the console. Log information will include any information equal to or less severe than the configured value.

Default: 'info'
Values: 'error', 'warning', 'info', 'silent'

Methods

dotnet.watch(task [, options [, callback]])

This static method will start a watch process for the provided task, and can be configured by passing an options object. The method will return an active watcher instance, and the callback will be issued once the watch process has started the application. Supported tasks include 'run' and 'test', however others may still work.

new dotnet([options]).watch(task [, callback])

This method will start a watch process for the provided task. The method will return an active watcher instance, and the callback will be issued once the watch process has started the application.

new dotnet([options]).kill()

This method will kill the active watch process on the watcher instance.

Properties

isListening

This property is true when the application is ready to receive requests, otherwise false.

License

MIT