Build Boilerplate

Steps to Install & Run

• Install NVM to manage/install NodeJS
• nvm install 5 to install Node 5
• npm i -g npm@3 to update your NPM
• npm i -g gulp to install Gulp task runner globally
• npm i
• gulp watch

Module Installation and Tasks

• npm i
  • installs all Node/NPM dependencies
• rm -rf node_modules && npm cache clean && npm i =>
  • if you would ever like to clear your Node/NPM cache and start from scratch
• npm i -S <some_package_name>
  • install a new dependency and save it in your package.json dependencies
• npm i -D <some_package_name>
  • install a new dependency and save it in your package.json devDependencies
• npm i <some_package_name>@latest
  • install the latest version of a node module, in this case it is a node module on our @HFA private NPM
• "some-package-name": "git+ssh://[email protected]:HillaryClinton/<some-repo-name>.git#<some-branch-name>"
  • install a package directly from githuh, in this case we also specify a branch (note: this is useful for testing NPM packages without publishing them, but this will break on a Travis build if it is from a private repo.)
• gulp watch
  • run the local build with live/hot reload
• gulp build -q && gulp browser-sync
  • run the Isomorphic build in a closer to "prod" mode (ie no live/hot reload) without uglification and minification and start the BrowserSync server when finished
• gulp build && gulp browser-sync
  • run the Isomorphic build and preview locally on BrowserSync