gulp-tasks-scaffold

gulp-tasks-scaffold (WIP)

Simple wrapper for common gulp tasks with a very easy-to-use api

This is a very simple wrapper around gulp tasks to get rid of all of that piping bloat. I aimed to include at least all of the common tasks that I use.

Official Repo for this Package: gulp-tasks-scaffold

Example repo using this package: gulp-starter

I may create official documentation pages for this as well as it will probably get too large for a readme.

Getting Started

Install

npm install gulp

npm install gulp-tasks-scaffold

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How To Use:

This package comes with a ton of npm dependencies which can be used by importing the gulp-tasks-scaffold package into your gulpfile.js

Ex:

import gulp from 'gulp-tasks-scaffold';
// Or
var gulp = require('gulp-tasks-scaffold');

You will then have access to all of the gulp tasks by accessing the imported gulp object: gulp.Whatevertask

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Tasks:

• Copy
• Html
• Sass
• Concat
• Browserify
• Scsslint
• Eslint
• Tslint
• Clean
• Default
• Watch

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Copy Task:

Copies files from one directory to another

gulp.Copy(
  'copy', // taskName
  [ // files
    {
      src: './node_modules/bootstrap-sass/assets/stylesheets/**/*.scss', // fileSrc
      dest: 'src/sass/vendor/bootstrap' // fileDest
    }
  ]
);

Parameters:

• taskName: string
• files: Array of Objects with src and dest attributes
• fileSrc: string
• fileDest: string

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Html Task:

Swaps out script and css links depending on environment && minifies files.

gulp.Html(
  'html', // taskName
  'src/html/**/*', // htmlSource
  'dist/html', // htmlOutput
  '../css/app.css', // compiledCssPath
  '../js/app.js' // compiledJsPath
);

Parameters:

• taskName: string
• htmlSource: string
• htmlOutput: string
• compiledCssPath: string (relative to output html file)
• compiledJsPath: string (relative to output html file)

Note:

You must have these comment code blocks in your html to find and replace css && js links.

<!-- build:css -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../dist/css/app.css">
<!-- endbuild -->
 
<!-- build:js -->
<script src="../dist/js/app.js"></script>
<!-- endbuild -->

Run gulp taskName --production to change the links to use app.min.css for CSS && app.min.js for JS

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Sass Task:

Compiles SASS with sourcemaps and minifies SASS with --production flag

gulp.Sass(
  'sass', // taskName
  'src/sass/**/*.scss', // sassPath
  'dist/css/', // cssOutputPath
  'app.css' // cssOutputFileName
);

Parameters:

• taskName: string
• sassPath: string
• cssOutputPath: string
• cssOutputFileName: string

Note:

Run gulp taskName --production to minify files and exclude sourcemaps. This will create .min.css extension on the output CSS file.

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Concat Task:

Concatenates either JS or CSS files and minifies with --production flag

gulp.Concat(
  'scripts', // taskName
  'src/js/*.js'// srcPath
  'dist/js/'// outputPath
  'scripts.js'// outputFileName
);

Parameters:

• taskName: string
• srcPath: string
• outputPath: string
• outputFileName: string

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Browserify Task:

Browserify JS files with sourcemaps and minifies JS with --production flag

gulp.Browserify(
  'browserify', // taskName
  'src/js/scripts.js', // srcPath
  'dist/js/', // outputPath
  'app.js', // outputFileName
  ['babelify', 'vueify'] // browserifyTransforms
  ['tsify'] // browserifyPlugins
);

Parameters:

• taskName: string
• srcPath: string || Array
• outputPath: string
• outputFileName: string
• browserifyTransforms: Array of strings
• browserifyPlugins: Array of strings

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Scsslint Task:

Lints JS files with .eslintrc rules

gulp.Scsslint(
  'scsslint', // taskName
  'src/scss/**/*.scss', // scssPath
  'src/scss/vendor/**', // ignorePath
  '.scss-lint.yml' // linterFilePath
);

Parameters:

• taskName: string
• scssPath: string
• ignorePath: string
• linterFilePath: string

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Eslint Task:

Lints JS files with .eslintrc rules

gulp.Eslint(
  'eslint', // taskName
  'src/js/**/*.{js,vue}', // jsPath
  'src/js/vendor/**', // ignorePath
  '.eslintrc' // linterFilePath
);

Parameters:

• taskName: string
• jsPath: string
• ignorePath: string
• linterFilePath: string

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Tslint Task:

Lints JS files with tslint rules

gulp.Tslint(
  'tslint', // taskName
  'src/ts/**/*.ts', // tsPath
  'src/ts/vendor/**', // ignorePath
  'tslint.json' // linterFilePath
);

Parameters:

• taskName: string
• tsPath: string
• ignorePath: string
• linterFilePath: string

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Clean Task:

Deletes files or directories

gulp.Clean(
  'clean', // taskName
  [ // files
    'dist/js/*',
    'dist/css/*',
    'src/scss/vendor/*',
    'src/js/vendor/*',
  ]
);

Parameters:

• taskName: string
• files: Array of strings

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Default Task:

Tasks that are run by default when running gulp

gulp.Default(
  [ // tasks
    'copy',
    'scsslint',
    'sass',
    'eslint',
    'browserify',
    'html'
  ]
);

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Watch Task:

gulp.Watch(
  [ // tasksToRunBeforeWatch
    'scsslint', // taskName
    'sass',
    'eslint',
    'browserify',
  ],
  [ // tasksToWatch
    {
      path: 'src/js/**/*.{js,vue}', // pathToWatchForChanges
      tasks: ['eslint', 'browserify']  // tasksToRunOnChange
    },
    {
      path: 'src/sass/**/*.scss', // pathToWatchForChanges
      tasks: ['scsslint', 'sass'] // tasksToRunOnChange
    },
  ]
);

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More to come...

The documentation tends to fall behind what has actually been implemented. If you want to see what other tasks this comes with, checkout the gulp-starter repo and take a look at the source files, I usually try to include decent docblocks.