Gulp Sandbox

A basic gulp dev environment which:

• Spins up a web server using gulp-connect.
• Watches, compiles and minifies(optional) SCSS to CSS with source-maps(optional).
• Watches, merges and minifies(optional) JavaScript.
• Reloads the browser automatically whenever a file is saved.

Installation & Usage

1. Requires node.js & npm.

   https://nodejs.org/en/download

2. Open a terminal in your project directory and install the gulp packages:

   npm install

3. Add this host entry to your system (i.e. /etc/hosts):

   127.0.0.1 gulp-sandbox.local

4. Start running gulp in the terminal from your project directory.

   sudo gulp

   optionally:

   a. you can run in production mode which will minify & merge CSS & JS assets, and remove source maps:

   sudo NODE_ENV=prod gulp

   b. run with livereload enabled to automatically reload the browser whenever a JS or SCSS file is saved:

   sudo NODE_RELOAD=true gulp

5. Open http://gulp-sandbox.local, http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 in your browser.

6. To stop the gulp processes running press ctrl c.