gulp-easy

Npm package for fast and easy compile js, less and other files with gulp.

Install

npm install --save-dev gulp gulp-easy

Tasks and production mode

Module gulp-easy export two public tasks:

• default for developer (with watch and without compress);
• production for production builds.

Also you can append argument --production for production builds:

node $SOURCE_DIR/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js --gulpfile $SOURCE_DIR/gulpfile.js --production

Configuration

Configuration in gulp-easy is optional, but you can set in through config() method:

require('gulp-easy')(require('gulp'))
    .config({
        dest: './app/dest',
        less: {
            minifycss: {
                compatibility: 'ie7'
            }
        }
    })
    .less(/* ... */)

Also each task method (js, less, files, ..) have config argument for overwrite config:

require('gulp-easy')(require('gulp'))
    .config({
        dest: './app/dest'
    })
    .less('less/index.less', 'public/app.css', {
        minifycss: {
            compatibility: 'ie7'
        }
    })

Default config (without methods configs):

    {
        dest: 'public', // destination folder
        name: 'app', // default destination file name
        compress: null, // auto, `true` in production
        watch: null, // auto, `false` in production
    }

Examples of gulpfile.js file

Most minimalistic gulp file. Default file name is app, default destination dir is public. The task performs:

• Compile less/index.less file with it imports to css public/app.css.
• Concat and compile as common js all javascript files from folder js to file public/app.js.
• Copy all files from folder images (recursive) to folder public/images.

require('gulp-easy')(require('gulp'))
    .less('less/index.less')
    .js('js/*.js')
    .files('images/**/*', 'public/images/')

Normal gulp file without defaults. You can many call api methods for create tasks. The task performs:

• Concat and compile less files less/header.less, less/header.less to css app/public/style.css. Destination folder specified in config.
• Compile as common js file js/app1/index.js to file app/public/lib/main.js.
• Compile as common js file js/app2/index.js to file app/public/lib/main-two.js.
• Run custom task for copy all files from folder images to folder public/images2.

require('gulp-easy')(require('gulp'))
    .config({
        dest: 'app/public'
    })
    .less(['less/header.less', 'less/main.less'], 'style.css')
    .js('js/app1/index.js', 'app/public/lib/main.js')
    .js('js/app2/index.js', 'app/public/lib/main-two.js')
    .task(function(gulp, taskName, isCompress, isWatch) {
        gulp.src(['images/*']).pipe(gulp.dest('public/images2/'));
    }, function(gulp, taskName, isCompress) {
        gulp.watch(['images/*'], [taskName]);
    })

Methods api

js(src, dest, config)

Compile javascript files to bundle

• src: string or array strings, glob format;
• dest: (optional) string file name or path to destination (output) file;
• config: (optional) custom configuration object. Default configuration is:

{
    browserify: {}, // browserify config
    uglify: {}, // uglify config
    gzip: {}, // gzip config
    transforms: [stringify] // browserify transforms
}

Method do:

• compile common js code with browserify and it transforms
• write sourcemap, when compress is disable
• compress by uglify, when compress is enable
• create gzip file, when compress is enable

less(src, dest, config)

Compile less to css

• src: string or array strings, glob format;
• dest: (optional) string file name or path to destination (output) file;
• config: (optional) custom configuration object. Default configuration is:

Method do:

• process less to css
• concat files to one
• minify by minifycss module, when compress is enable
• write sourcemap, when compress is disable
• create gzip file, when compress is enable

{
    gzip: {}, // gzip config
    minifycss: { // `gulp-minify-css` config
        compatibility: 'ie9'
    }
}

files(src, dest)

Copy files

• src: string or array strings, glob format;
• dest: (optional) string file name or path to destination (output) file;

Method do:

• copy source files to destination folder

task(taskHandler, watchHandler)

Add custom task

• taskHandler(gulp, taskName, isCompress, isWatch: custom function for create gulp task;
• watchHandler(gulp, taskName, isCompress): (optional) custom function for watch on sources;

Handlers arguments:

• gulp: gulp instance
• taskName: string, auto generated task name (in format _taskXX). Use it for run task on watch
• isCompress: boolean, see compress param in config section
• isWatch: boolean, see watch param in config section