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Getting Started with Gulp ??? Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Travis Maynard
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Getting Started with Gulp ??? Second Edition - Second Edition

By: Travis Maynard

Overview of this book

This book is a hands-on guide to get you up to speed with gulp. You will quickly learn how to install, configure, and run your own build system. It will instill you with the ability to automate several common development tasks to vastly improve your development workflow. This book first demonstrates various Gulp use cases before running through the steps of configuring, running, and customizing Gulp, providing you with core concepts of gulp, node.js, and npm. Diving a bit deeper into the gulp ecosystem, we will discuss when and why to use a node module instead of a gulp plugin. We will also go over a few issues that we can run into while using gulp and learn about ways to work around them to improve your gulp experience. By the end of this book, you will be able to create your very own gulp build from scratch, create and maintain tasks and project builds, and automate your workflow with plugins and custom tasks.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Introducing Gulp
2
Getting Started
3
Understanding the Basics of Gulp
4
Performing Tasks with Gulp
5
Creating Advanced Tasks
6
Tips, Tricks, and Resolving Issues

Preface

I wrote this book to provide developers with a simple and inviting way to learn about Gulp and the tools that are required to use it. My goal is to keep the content simple and remain aware of the intimidation that I experienced while learning Gulp myself. With this in mind, I wanted to create content that wouldn't assume too much from beginners, while maintaining a steady pace to keep even experienced readers engaged.