Randomize development build server port

README.md

@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ You'll need NodeJS, use this command to access the main branch and install the d
 cd vnmsim && npm install
 ```
 
-You'll need Gulp and Express to compile it. For debugging mode (it will start a web server on `localhost:3000` and you'll find the compiled simulator source in `build`) just run:
+You'll need Gulp and Express to compile it. For debugging mode (it will start a web server on `localhost`, the port will be displayed as soon as the compilation ends and you'll find the compiled simulator source in `build`) just run:
 
 ```
 gulp
 ```
 
-To compile it for production (it will take a little more time to uglify the source code, it won't start the server and the output will be located in `dist`):
+To compile it for production (it won't start the server and the output will be located in `dist`):
 
 ```
 gulp --production

app.js

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ var express = require('express'),
 
 app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/build'));
 
-app.listen(3000);
-console.log('Listening on port 3000');
+var listener = app.listen(0);
+console.log('Express server listening on port ' + listener.address().port);

gulpfile.js

@@ -94,19 +94,6 @@ gulp.task('samplesZip', () => {
       .pipe(gulp.dest(dest));
 });
 
-// server and watchers
-gulp.task('server', function () {
-  server.run(['app.js']);
-
-  gulp.watch('src/templates/**/*', ['templates']);
-  gulp.watch('src/js/**/*.js', ['scripts']);
-  gulp.watch('src/locale/*.json', ['scripts']);
-  gulp.watch('src/img/**/*', ['styles']);
-  gulp.watch('src/sass/**/*.sass', ['styles']);
-  gulp.watch('samples/*.json', ['samplesList', 'samplesFolder', 'samplesZip']);
-  gulp.watch('build/**/*', server.notify);
-});
-
 // tasks to be executed during build
 var tasks = [
   'styles',
@@ -115,14 +102,23 @@ var tasks = [
   'samplesFolder',
   'samplesZip',
   'templates',
-  'fonts',
-  'server'
+  'fonts'
 ];
-// remove server task in production mode
-if (argv.production) tasks.pop();
 
 // default task
 gulp.task('default', tasks, function() {
-  // end message
-  console.log('Build ended');
+
+  // in development start server and watchers
+  if (!argv.production) {
+    server.run(['app.js']);
+
+    gulp.watch('src/templates/**/*', ['templates']);
+    gulp.watch('src/js/**/*.js', ['scripts']);
+    gulp.watch('src/locale/*.json', ['scripts']);
+    gulp.watch('src/img/**/*', ['styles']);
+    gulp.watch('src/sass/**/*.sass', ['styles']);
+    gulp.watch('samples/*.json', ['samplesList', 'samplesFolder', 'samplesZip']);
+    gulp.watch('build/**/*', server.notify);
+
+  }
 });