Netsells-gulp NPM

Gulp

Netsells custom gulp file. This module is intended to speed up development by making tasks consistent, as well as providing documentation and source control as improvements are made.

If working on multiple projects using the this gulpfile, I would recommend installing this module globally (npm install -g netsells-gulp) so that you don't need to install all the dependencies in each project.

More tasks will be added eventually, as well as improvements in performance.

Setup

The gulpfile itself needs only be the following:

var gulp = require('gulp');

gulp.tasks = require('netsells-gulp')({
    config: require('./gulp.config')
});

You can specify the default component to compile, or you can specify the --c=<component> flag after the gulp command. This works for any specific gulp too, e.g. gulp less, gulp watch, etc.

The gulp watch command also accepts a --build flag which will run the default task specified in your config.

This module will handle the rest, as long as you provide a valid config for it to read.

Config

Config should be provided in the form of a gulp.config.js file in the same directory as your gulpfile. The basic config format is as follows:

var path = require('gulp-paths');

module.exports = {
    component: {
        task: {
            before: ['Array of tasks to perform before this one'],
            watch: {
                src: 'Array or string of files to watch',
                task: 'Task to execute when changes are made'
            },
            src: [
            	'Array of files to pass into the pipe'
            ],
            dest: 'Path to move files to'
        }
    }
}

In context:

var path = require('gulp-paths');

module.exports = {
    global: {
        install: {
            watch: ['./bower.json', './package.json'],
            src: ['./bower.json', './package.json']
        }
    },
    app: {
        default: {
            before: ['javascript', 'less']
        },
        coffee: {
            watch: {
                src: path.asset('app/coffee/**/**'),
                task: ['javascript']
            },
            src: [
                ...
                path.asset('app/coffee/app.coffee'),
            ],
            dest: path.asset('app/js')
        },
        less: {
            ...
        },
        images: {
            ...
        },
        javascript: {
            before: ['templates', 'coffee'],
            src: [
                path.bower('jquery/dist/jquery.js'),
                // Place additional bower dependencies here in the format used above
                path.asset('app/js/templates.js'),
                path.asset('app/js/app.js')
            ],
            dest: path.js('app')
        },
        templates: {
            ...
        },
    },
    frontend: {
        default: {
            before: ['javascript', 'less']
        },
        less: {
            ...
        },
        images: {
            ...
        },
        ...
    },
}

Tasks

Install * Bower install and npm install
CoffeeScript Concats all coffeescript files into a single file Compiles to Javascript * Moves to the JavaScript staging folder
JST Templates .html templates that use the lodash/underscore templating syntax Compiles to JavaScript * Moves to the JavaScript staging folder
JSX Compiles JSX files to javascript Moves to the JavaScript staging folder
JavaScript Concats all JavaScript files including those in the staging area (if specified in config) Moved to the public folder A Minified version is created Moved to the public folder also
LESS Compiles to CSS Auto-prefixes any vendor specific attributes Moved to the public folder Minified Moved to the public folder Split up into multiple files if IE selector limit is reached
SASS Compiles to CSS Auto-prefixes any vendor specific attributes Moved to the public folder Minified Moved to thje public folder Split up into multiple files if IE selector limit is reached
Images Images are compressed Moved to the public folder

Vendor tasks

Need to compile certain files but don't want these compiled into a single bloated file with your app logic especially if they're not going to change often (mainly package manager dependencies such as bower)? Well no problem! Simply name the task in the following format: vendor:javascript for example, and a separate file will be compiled named vendor.javascript.js on compile. This also speeds up compiling on save immensely - Craig will be happy!

To-do

Functionality

~~Require dependencies on a per task basis, rather than all at once through the $ prefix~~
Prompt for component
Overridable tasks
Better error catching
Gutils functionality
Cleanup of compiled assets before running
~~Vendor tasks~~