Gulp Tasks #

In this project, Gulp is used to manage building the code. Gulp is a build tool similar to ant or make. Gulp tasks are run in the form gulp <task-name> and are documented below.

build #

gulp build OR gulp

Runs the entire process of pulling all the JavaScript/CSS together and creates minified versions of them.

Note: This is the default task, meaning that running just gulp in the command line will run this task.

clear #

gulp clear

This deletes temporary files and files from the build.

dev #

gulp dev

This puts all the JavaScript and CSS together and watches for changes to the code.

Note: This task is for those who have their own Apache (or similar) server to use. If you don't have one, use gulp dev-with-server (documented below), instead.

dev-with-server #

gulp dev-with-server

This puts all the JavaScript and CSS together and starts a web server to run the web client. It also watches for changes to the code and restarts when required.

serve #

gulp server

This just runs the server for running the client in a browser.