Gulp

Included in the course

What you'll learn

• Create tasks
• Connect built-in and third-party functions for your tasks
• Use a chain of commands within one command
• Export command chains to create tasks

Description

This course focuses on automating routine tasks using the Gulp utility. It is a simple task manager that helps to automate operations that the programmer does on his own. For example, you can use Gulp to automate the compilation of SASS and Pug files often used by DTP sites. This course covers the installation of Gulp, how to create tasks, how to use its built-in features, and how to install popular third-party plugins.

Course program

• 1

  Introduction

  Learning about the Gulp task manager and its applications

  theory
• 2

  Installation

  Learning how to install Gulp and exploring the basic options for working with it

  theory
• 3

  Gulpfile

  Getting to know the basic structure of gulpfile.js, creating your first tasks and exporting them

  theory

  quiz

  exercise

• 4

  Basic Gulp Functions

  Learning how to use basic Gulp functions within gulpfile.js

  theory

  quiz

  exercise

• 5

  Watch

  Understanding how to keep track of files and execute functions when certain events occur

  theory

  quiz

  exercise

• 6

  Third-party packages

  Installing and learning how to use popular packages — the browser-sync, gulp-sass, and gulp-pug plugins

  theory

  exercise

• 7

  Do it yourself

  Some additional tasks to help you consolidate the theory you've learned
• 8

  Additional resources

  Some materials the Hexlet team have picked up. This will give you a more in-depth understanding of the topic