Rapid Gulp

Getting Started with Gulp 5 lectures 10:54 Course Overview Gulp handles repetitive tasks, which would otherwise take up your time, allowing you to focus on creating great websites.

• Define “task runner” and give examples of why they’re useful
• Explain the advantages of using Gulp
• Discuss what we’ll cover in the course

Setting Up Gulp Gulp is a program that can be installed from npm. We need to get it in place before we can do anything interesting.

• Install Gulp using the npm
• Create a gulpfile.js
• “Require” Gulp in our gulpfile

Writing Your First Task In web development, we’ll often want to combine several files into a single file. On npm, there’s a plugin called “gulp-concat” that will help us in achieving this.

• Install “gulp-concat” and “require” it in our gulpfile.js
• Define a task that concatenates a few files together
• Run that task from the terminal

Task Dependencies Instead of manually running a series of tasks, combine them into a single, larger task.

• Define a second, simple task
• Define a new task that depends on both the previous tasks
• Run our new task from the terminal

Watching Files with Gulp Instead of manually running a task after you change a file, let Gulp handle it. Gulp will watch for files to change and automatically do what you need.

• Define a “watch” task
• Run the “watch” task from your terminal
• Update a source file and see that your destination file automatically updates

Getting Started with Gulp 5 lectures 10:54 Course Overview Gulp handles repetitive tasks, which would otherwise take up your time, allowing you to focus on creating great websites.

• Define “task runner” and give examples of why they’re useful
• Explain the advantages of using Gulp
• Discuss what we’ll cover in the course

Setting Up Gulp Gulp is a program that can be installed from npm. We need to get it in place before we can do anything interesting.

• Install Gulp using the npm
• Create a gulpfile.js
• “Require” Gulp in our gulpfile

Writing Your First Task In web development, we’ll often want to combine several files into a single file. On npm, there’s a plugin called “gulp-concat” that will help us in achieving this.

• Install “gulp-concat” and “require” it in our gulpfile.js
• Define a task that concatenates a few files together
• Run that task from the terminal

Task Dependencies Instead of manually running a series of tasks, combine them into a single, larger task.

• Define a second, simple task
• Define a new task that depends on both the previous tasks
• Run our new task from the terminal

Watching Files with Gulp Instead of manually running a task after you change a file, let Gulp handle it. Gulp will watch for files to change and automatically do what you need.

• Define a “watch” task
• Run the “watch” task from your terminal
• Update a source file and see that your destination file automatically updates

Course Overview Gulp handles repetitive tasks, which would otherwise take up your time, allowing you to focus on creating great websites.

• Define “task runner” and give examples of why they’re useful
• Explain the advantages of using Gulp
• Discuss what we’ll cover in the course

Course Overview Gulp handles repetitive tasks, which would otherwise take up your time, allowing you to focus on creating great websites.

• Define “task runner” and give examples of why they’re useful
• Explain the advantages of using Gulp
• Discuss what we’ll cover in the course

Course Overview Gulp handles repetitive tasks, which would otherwise take up your time, allowing you to focus on creating great websites.

• Define “task runner” and give examples of why they’re useful
• Explain the advantages of using Gulp
• Discuss what we’ll cover in the course

Course Overview Gulp handles repetitive tasks, which would otherwise take up your time, allowing you to focus on creating great websites.

• Define “task runner” and give examples of why they’re useful
• Explain the advantages of using Gulp
• Discuss what we’ll cover in the course

Gulp handles repetitive tasks, which would otherwise take up your time, allowing you to focus on creating great websites.

• Define “task runner” and give examples of why they’re useful
• Explain the advantages of using Gulp
• Discuss what we’ll cover in the course

Gulp handles repetitive tasks, which would otherwise take up your time, allowing you to focus on creating great websites.

• Define “task runner” and give examples of why they’re useful
• Explain the advantages of using Gulp
• Discuss what we’ll cover in the course

Setting Up Gulp Gulp is a program that can be installed from npm. We need to get it in place before we can do anything interesting.

• Install Gulp using the npm
• Create a gulpfile.js
• “Require” Gulp in our gulpfile

Setting Up Gulp Gulp is a program that can be installed from npm. We need to get it in place before we can do anything interesting.

• Install Gulp using the npm
• Create a gulpfile.js
• “Require” Gulp in our gulpfile

Setting Up Gulp Gulp is a program that can be installed from npm. We need to get it in place before we can do anything interesting.

• Install Gulp using the npm
• Create a gulpfile.js
• “Require” Gulp in our gulpfile

Setting Up Gulp Gulp is a program that can be installed from npm. We need to get it in place before we can do anything interesting.

• Install Gulp using the npm
• Create a gulpfile.js
• “Require” Gulp in our gulpfile

Gulp is a program that can be installed from npm. We need to get it in place before we can do anything interesting.

• Install Gulp using the npm
• Create a gulpfile.js
• “Require” Gulp in our gulpfile

Gulp is a program that can be installed from npm. We need to get it in place before we can do anything interesting.

• Install Gulp using the npm
• Create a gulpfile.js
• “Require” Gulp in our gulpfile

Writing Your First Task In web development, we’ll often want to combine several files into a single file. On npm, there’s a plugin called “gulp-concat” that will help us in achieving this.

• Install “gulp-concat” and “require” it in our gulpfile.js
• Define a task that concatenates a few files together
• Run that task from the terminal

Writing Your First Task In web development, we’ll often want to combine several files into a single file. On npm, there’s a plugin called “gulp-concat” that will help us in achieving this.

• Install “gulp-concat” and “require” it in our gulpfile.js
• Define a task that concatenates a few files together
• Run that task from the terminal

Writing Your First Task In web development, we’ll often want to combine several files into a single file. On npm, there’s a plugin called “gulp-concat” that will help us in achieving this.

• Install “gulp-concat” and “require” it in our gulpfile.js
• Define a task that concatenates a few files together
• Run that task from the terminal

Writing Your First Task In web development, we’ll often want to combine several files into a single file. On npm, there’s a plugin called “gulp-concat” that will help us in achieving this.

• Install “gulp-concat” and “require” it in our gulpfile.js
• Define a task that concatenates a few files together
• Run that task from the terminal

In web development, we’ll often want to combine several files into a single file. On npm, there’s a plugin called “gulp-concat” that will help us in achieving this.

• Install “gulp-concat” and “require” it in our gulpfile.js
• Define a task that concatenates a few files together
• Run that task from the terminal

In web development, we’ll often want to combine several files into a single file. On npm, there’s a plugin called “gulp-concat” that will help us in achieving this.

• Install “gulp-concat” and “require” it in our gulpfile.js
• Define a task that concatenates a few files together
• Run that task from the terminal

Task Dependencies Instead of manually running a series of tasks, combine them into a single, larger task.

• Define a second, simple task
• Define a new task that depends on both the previous tasks
• Run our new task from the terminal

Task Dependencies Instead of manually running a series of tasks, combine them into a single, larger task.

• Define a second, simple task
• Define a new task that depends on both the previous tasks
• Run our new task from the terminal

Task Dependencies Instead of manually running a series of tasks, combine them into a single, larger task.

• Define a second, simple task
• Define a new task that depends on both the previous tasks
• Run our new task from the terminal

Task Dependencies Instead of manually running a series of tasks, combine them into a single, larger task.

• Define a second, simple task
• Define a new task that depends on both the previous tasks
• Run our new task from the terminal

Instead of manually running a series of tasks, combine them into a single, larger task.

• Define a second, simple task
• Define a new task that depends on both the previous tasks
• Run our new task from the terminal

Instead of manually running a series of tasks, combine them into a single, larger task.

• Define a second, simple task
• Define a new task that depends on both the previous tasks
• Run our new task from the terminal

Watching Files with Gulp Instead of manually running a task after you change a file, let Gulp handle it. Gulp will watch for files to change and automatically do what you need.

• Define a “watch” task
• Run the “watch” task from your terminal
• Update a source file and see that your destination file automatically updates

Watching Files with Gulp Instead of manually running a task after you change a file, let Gulp handle it. Gulp will watch for files to change and automatically do what you need.

• Define a “watch” task
• Run the “watch” task from your terminal
• Update a source file and see that your destination file automatically updates

Watching Files with Gulp Instead of manually running a task after you change a file, let Gulp handle it. Gulp will watch for files to change and automatically do what you need.

• Define a “watch” task
• Run the “watch” task from your terminal
• Update a source file and see that your destination file automatically updates

Watching Files with Gulp Instead of manually running a task after you change a file, let Gulp handle it. Gulp will watch for files to change and automatically do what you need.

• Define a “watch” task
• Run the “watch” task from your terminal
• Update a source file and see that your destination file automatically updates

Instead of manually running a task after you change a file, let Gulp handle it. Gulp will watch for files to change and automatically do what you need.

• Define a “watch” task
• Run the “watch” task from your terminal
• Update a source file and see that your destination file automatically updates

Instead of manually running a task after you change a file, let Gulp handle it. Gulp will watch for files to change and automatically do what you need.

• Define a “watch” task
• Run the “watch” task from your terminal
• Update a source file and see that your destination file automatically updates

Running Common Tasks 6 lectures 18:08 Optimizing CSS, JavaScript, and Images Your files are most likely larger than they need to be. If we shrink them down, your site will load more quickly.

• Download gulp-uglify, gulp-minify-CSS, and gulp-imagemin
• Write tasks to handle JavaScript, CSS, and images, where the “default” task relies on all three
• Run the “default” task and check whether your files are now smaller

Outputting Minified and Unminified Files In some situations, it’s helpful to create both minified and unminifed versions of your assets. It’s easy to define this pattern with streams.

• Include gulp-concat and gulp-uglify in our gulpfile
• Write a task that concatenates JavaScript files, writes them to a destination file, shrinks their size, and writes them to a second destination file
• Run the task and see whether we have both versions of our assets

Using htmlbuild HTML pages often rely on several JavaScript libraries. During development, it’s fine to link to multiple files, but for production, it would be ideal to link to a single JavaScript file.

• Install gulp-htmlbuild and include it in our gulpfile
• Define a task that processes our HTML file and joins our scripts into a single file
• Run that task and view the output

Testing the Code Testing is an important part of ensuring your code’s integrity. Gulp makes it simple to run those tests.

• Install gulp-jasmine and include it in our gulpfile
• Define a task that runs our tests with Jasmine
• Run that task and see whether your tests passed

Using Preprocessors such as CoffeeScript and LESS Preprocessors, such as CoffeeScript and LESS, can ease the development process. Gulp makes this a seamless experience.

• Install gulp-coffee and gulp-less
• Write tasks to process CoffeeScript and LESS and tie it into a “watch” task
• Run this task and demonstrate the seamless development process

Using LiveReload With a typical development environment, you find yourself changing files, saving them, and reloading the browser. With LiveReload, you simply save your files, and the browser will reload automatically.

• Install gulp-livereload
• Tie an existing task to LiveReload
• Run the task, edit files, and watch the browser update automatically

Running Common Tasks nbsp; With a typical development environment, you find yourself changing files, saving them, and reloading the browser....