A Set of Gulp v5.x.x Tasks for Creating Web Projects Using HTML, CSS/Sass, and JavaScript

(v5.0.0)

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Before You Start

1. Ensure Java is installed, because Gulp requires it for events such as browser refreshing.
2. Node version v22.14.0 was used to develop this project. Make sure you’re running at least that version.
3. CLI version of Gulp is 3.0.0. Ensure you’re using 3.0.0 of Gulp’s CLI.

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Installation

From the root folder, type npm install. This will create a folder called node_modules and download the plugins listed under the devDependencies section in the package.json file. If you encounter an ERR! message about EACCES on macOS, then run the command as the super user: sudo npm install.

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Tasks

Typing gulp --tasks, or simply gulp, will render a list of tasks included in gulpfile.js. Tasks such as build and serve invoke other tasks and are executed in <series>.

Each task can be run on its own. For example, if all you want to do is validate your HTML, you can type gulp validateHTML.

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Running the Project

All your work must be added to the sub-folders under the dev folder: your markup in html, your Sass/CSS in styles, your JavaScript in scripts, and, your images in img.

Run gulp serve while you’re developing your project. This will initiate multiple development-related tasks, then launch your default browser. File changes trigger a browser reload. Transpiled files (.js and .css) are written to the temp folder.

For production-ready projects, run gulp build, which creates a folder called prod. This is the folder you’d upload to your server if you were going live with your project.

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Test Environments

• macOS Sequoia with Apple M2 Pro chip
• macOS Ventura with Intel chip
• PowerShell in Windows 11
• Cygwin in Windows 11

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Legacy Versions

Older versions of this project exist under tags and in separate branches. For example, if you were looking for the version of this project that worked with v3.9.0 of Gulp, you could check out branch using-gulp-v3.9.0.