I am trying to streamline my workflow and include templating. I installed Nunjucks and tried to set it up so whenever I save a change to a template file gulp watch will fire the nunjucks function and refresh my browser.(firefoxdeveloperedition)
It works at first, but then my browser stops reloading the changes. Every time I save the browser will refresh but the changes do not appear. Here is my gulpfile(i removed the other tasks from this but keep the requirements in so you can see the modules i have installed)
/* Module Requirements */
var gulp = require('gulp');
var sass = require('gulp-sass');
var browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();
var useref = require('gulp-useref');
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
var gulpIf = require('gulp-if');
var imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin');
var nunjucksRender = require('gulp-nunjucks-render');
/* //Module Requirements */
//Compile sass into css
gulp.task('sass', function(){
return gulp.src('app/scss/**/*.scss') // Gets all files ending with .scss in app/scss and children dirs
.pipe(sass()) // Converts Sass to CSS with gulp-sass
.pipe(gulp.dest('app/css'))
.pipe(browserSync.reload({
stream: true
}))
});
gulp.task('nunjucks', function() {
// Gets .html and .nunjucks files in pages
return gulp.src('app/pages/**/*.+(html|nunjucks)')
// Renders template with nunjucks
.pipe(nunjucksRender({
path: ['app/templates']
}))
// output files in app folder
.pipe(gulp.dest('app'))
});
//Watch for changes in sass and html and update browser.
gulp.task('watch', ['browserSync', 'sass', 'nunjucks'], function (){
gulp.watch('app/scss/**/*.scss', ['sass']);
gulp.watch('app/templates/**/*.+(html|nunjucks)', ['nunjucks']);
gulp.watch('app/*.html', browserSync.reload);
gulp.watch('app/js/**/*.js', browserSync.reload);
// Other watchers
});
gulp.task('browserSync', function() {
browserSync.init({
server: {
baseDir: 'app'
},
browser: ['firefoxdeveloperedition']
})
})
Is my code wrong?
EDIT: After some more testing it actually seems to be tied to Firefox Developer Edition...
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// variable
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
var gulp = require('gulp');
var sass = require('gulp-sass');
var browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();
// task
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
gulp.task('styles', function() {
return gulp.src([
'./src/assets/styles/*.scss'
], {
base: './src/assets/styles/'
})
.pipe(sass().on('error', sass.logError))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/assets/styles/'))
.pipe(browserSync.stream());
});
gulp.task('browserSync', function() {
browserSync.init({
server: {
baseDir: './dist/'
}
});
gulp.watch('./dist/*.html').on('change', browserSync.reload);
gulp.watch('./src/assets/styles/**/*.scss', ['styles']);
gulp.watch('./dist/assets/scripts/*.js').on('change', browserSync.reload);
});
How can make above code working? The scripts and html part working, but scss part not, when scss file change, styles task has start and finish with no error, the html file has body tag, but the browser do not inject the new css file.
Check this example, it may help you with a few tweaks in paths:
/**
* This example:
* Uses the built-in BrowserSync server for HTML files
* Watches & compiles SASS files
* Watches & injects CSS files
*/
var browserSync = require('browser-sync');
var reload = browserSync.reload;
var gulp = require('gulp');
var sass = require('gulp-sass');
var filter = require('gulp-filter');
// Browser-sync task, only cares about compiled CSS
gulp.task('browser-sync', function() {
browserSync({
server: {
baseDir: "./"
}
});
});
// Sass task, will run when any SCSS files change.
gulp.task('sass', function () {
return gulp.src('scss/styles.scss')
.pipe(sass({includePaths: ['scss']})) // compile sass
.pipe(gulp.dest('css')) // write to css dir
.pipe(filter('**/*.css')) // filter the stream to ensure only CSS files passed.
.pipe(reload({stream:true})); // inject into browsers
});
// Default task to be run with `gulp`
gulp.task('default', ['sass', 'browser-sync'], function () {
gulp.watch("scss/*.scss", ['sass']);
});
I am using browser-sync and sass among other plugins, but for some reason the browser-sync doesn't inject the css, the sass is getting compiled and being watched but that's it.
here is my gulp file:
'use strict';
const gulp = require('gulp');
const sass = require('gulp-sass');
const autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer');
const pug = require('gulp-pug');
const browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();
const rename = require('gulp-rename');
const reload = browserSync.reload;
// Compile sass files to css
gulp.task('sass', function () {
return gulp.src('./assets/css/*.sass')
.pipe(sass().on('error', sass.logError))
.pipe(autoprefixer({
browsers: ['last 15 versions'],
cascade: true
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./site/css'))
.pipe(browserSync.stream())
});
// Compile pug files to html
gulp.task('pug', () =>{
return gulp.src('_pugfiles/*.pug')
.pipe(pug())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./_include'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./site'))
});
gulp.task('js', function () {
gulp.src("./assets/js/function.js")
.pipe(rename("js/function.js"))
.pipe(gulp.dest("./site"));
});
// the working directory
gulp.task('browser-sync', ['sass', 'pug', 'js'] ,function() {
browserSync.init({
server: {
baseDir: "./site"
},
});
});
// Watch files compiling
gulp.task('watch', function () {
gulp.watch('./assets/css/*.sass', ['sass']);
gulp.watch('./_pugfiles/*.pug', ['pug']);
gulp.watch('./site/*.html').on('change', reload);
gulp.watch('./assets/js/*.js', ['js']);
gulp.watch('./site/js/*.js').on('change', reload)
});
gulp.task('default', ['watch', 'browser-sync']);
and this is my folder structure:
app
_include
_pugfiles
_site
_assets
css
img
js
node_modules
site
so here is what i have tried so far, rebuilding it again, removed few watch tasks
also tried .pipe(browsersync.stream({match: '**/*.css'})); and files: ['!**/*.maps.css'] to ignore css map files.
maybe i have tried other things but i can't remember, i spent most of yesterday trying to fix it.
I have the following problem and don't know whats going wrong with my gulpfile. Everything is working fine and my sass files are being compiled and the browser refreshed when changing something.
But if I add a new partial file and import it into my _base.scss, browsersync is only recognizing the change in that partial and is not compiling the whole sass file & reloading the browser. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? I could not figure out a good solution.
Thanks!
Here's my gulpfile.js
/*=============================================>>>>>
= gulpfile - all the gulptasks are here =
===============================================>>>>>*/
/*----------- variables -----------*/
// gulp
var gulp = require('gulp');
// css stuff
var postcss = require('gulp-postcss');
var sass = require('gulp-sass');
var autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer');
var sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
var cssnext = require('postcss-cssnext');
var lost = require('lost');
var csswring = require('csswring');
// javascript
var babel = require('gulp-babel');
// jade
var jade = require('gulp-jade-php');
// browser sync
var browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();
var reload = browserSync.reload;
/*----------- tasks -----------*/
// style task
gulp.task('styles', function(){
var processors = [
autoprefixer,
cssnext,
lost,
csswring
];
return gulp.src('./scss/**/*.scss')
.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
.pipe(sass().on('error', sass.logError))
.pipe(postcss(processors))
.pipe(sourcemaps.write())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./css/'))
.pipe(reload({stream: true}));
;
});
// javascript task
gulp.task('javascript', function(){
return gulp.src('./js/*.js')
.pipe(babel())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./js/dist/'))
.pipe(reload({stream: true}));
});
// jade task
gulp.task('jade', function(){
return gulp.src('./jade/*.jade')
.pipe(jade())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./templates/'))
.pipe(reload({stream: true}));
});
// browser sync
gulp.task('browserSync', function(){
var files = [
'./scss/**/*.scss',
'./css/style.css',
'./*.php',
'./templates/**/*.php',
'./js/*js',
'./jade/*jade'
];
browserSync.init(
files, {
proxy : 'localhost:8888/jobs/heisaplan/',
});
});
// watching the files for changes
gulp.task('watch', function(){
gulp.watch('./scss/**/*.scss', ['styles']).on('change', browserSync.reload);
gulp.watch('./js/*.js', ['javascript']).on('change', browserSync.reload);
gulp.watch('./jade/**/*.jade', ['jade']).on('change', browserSync.reload);
gulp.watch('./templates/**/*.php').on('change', browserSync.reload);
gulp.watch('./*.php').on('change', browserSync.reload);
});
// default gulp task
gulp.task('default', ['watch', 'browserSync', 'styles', 'javascript', 'jade']);
I am a new to using Gulp, just trying to learn it...Now the problem i get and want to ask is the way to setup default task with watch and browser sync included
I need to know am i doing something wrong
Can anybody improve my code here, i don't understand the relation of watch and browser sync, which tasks to run before browser-sync and when to watch
Below is my folder structure
var gulp = require('gulp');
var browserSync = require('browser-sync');
var reload = browserSync.reload;
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
var less = require('gulp-less');
var plumber= require('gulp-plumber');
var cssmin = require('gulp-cssmin');
var rename = require('gulp-rename');
var htmlmin = require('gulp-htmlmin');
var imagemin = require ('gulp-imagemin');
//scripts task
//uglifies
gulp.task('scripts', function(){
gulp.src('js/*.js')
.pipe(plumber())
.pipe(uglify())
.pipe(gulp.dest('build/js'));
});
//compress images
gulp.task('imagemin', function(){
gulp.src('img/**/*.+(png|jpg|gif|svg)')
.pipe(cache(imagemin({
interlaced: true
})))
.pipe(gulp.dest('build/img'));
});
//CSS styles
gulp.task('less', function(){
gulp.src('less/style.less')
.pipe(plumber())
.pipe(less())
.pipe(gulp.dest('build/css'));
});
gulp.task('cssmin', function(){
gulp.src('build/css/style.css')
.pipe(plumber())
.pipe(cssmin())
.pipe(rename({suffix: '.min'}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('build/css'))
.pipe(reload({stream:true})); // inject into browsers
});
gulp.task('htmlmin', function(){
return gulp.src('*.html')
.pipe(htmlmin({removeComments: true}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('build'))
.pipe(reload({stream:true})); // inject into browsers
});
// Browser-sync task, only cares about compiled CSS
gulp.task('browser-sync', function() {
browserSync(['css/*.css', 'js/*.js','less/*.less', 'images/*'],{
server: {
baseDir: "./"
}
});
});
/* Watch scss, js and html files, doing different things with each. */
gulp.task('default', ['browser-sync' , 'scripts', 'less', 'cssmin', 'htmlmin', 'imagemin'], function () {
/* Watch scss, run the sass task on change. */
gulp.watch(['less/**/*.less'], ['less'])
//Watch css min
gulp.watch(['build/css/*.css'], ['cssmin'])
/* Watch app.js file, run the scripts task on change. */
gulp.watch(['js/*.js'], ['scripts'])
/* Watch .html files, run the bs-reload task on change. */
gulp.watch(['*.html'], ['htmlmin']);
// gulp.watch('app/*.html', browser-sync.reload);
// gulp.watch('app/js/**/*.js', browser-sync.reload);
});
Now the process i want is
Compile less to css and then minify it to build folder
List item
Then Minify my HTML code
Then minify and concatenate my js
Compress all the images (Run only when some images changes)
Run the minified HTML with Browser Sync and watch the changes in all my source HTML,Less, images and JS
I would not worry about minification at this point if your goal is to run in development mode, this applies for imagemin (i would do that offline anyways), cssmin, htmlmin, and your js task that runs uglify by default. Ideally you would want to debug in the browser, and having your code minified will not help you much. If you add a dist task to perform the minification step.
I understand that you need Less to CSS for obvious reasons. So you are looking for something like this:
var gulp = require('gulp');
var plumber = require('gulp-plumber');
var browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();
var sass = require('gulp-less');
// Static Server + watching less/html files
gulp.task('serve', ['less'], function() {
browserSync.init({
server: "./"
});
gulp.watch("less/*.less", ['less']);
gulp.watch("*.html").on('change', browserSync.reload);
});
gulp.task('less', function(){
gulp.src('less/style.less')
.pipe(plumber())
.pipe(less())
.pipe(gulp.dest('build/css'))
.pipe(browserSync.stream());
});
gulp.task('default', ['serve']);
This code invokes serve as the main task. Serve task has less as a dependency (which is going to be invoked first). Then, the callback is finally invoked. BrowserSync is initialized and a watch is added for both html files and less files.
Check out this page if you want to learn more about gulp + browsersync integration.
I am trying to create a basic gulp build process template that starts with an app folder containing html, sass, javascript, and image files and builds those files into a public folder. I am using gulp to watch the app folder for changes and then automatically refreshing the build process to the public folder.
I using browser-sync to serve the public folder and watch for changes but it doesn't seem to automatically reload when a change to the public folder is made. If I manually refresh the browser the changes are reflected.
Thanks for the help, see below for my gulp file:
//BASIC GULP FILE SETUP
//-------------------------------------------------------------
//Include Gulp
var gulp = require('gulp');
//General Plugins
var browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();
var reload = browserSync.reload;
var del = require('del');
var watch = require('gulp-watch');
var runSequence = require('run-sequence');
//CSS Plugins
var sass = require('gulp-sass');
var autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer');
var csso = require('gulp-csso');
//JS Plugins
var concat = require('gulp-concat');
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
//HTML Plugins
var minifyHTML = require('gulp-minify-html');
//IMG Plugins
//-------------------------------------------------------------
//TASKS
//-------------------------------------------------------------
//Clean Public Folder
gulp.task('clean', function() {
del(['public/**/*']);
});
//CSS Tasks
gulp.task('sass', function () {
return gulp.src('app/sass/**/*.scss')
.pipe(sass())
.pipe(autoprefixer())
.pipe(csso())
.pipe(gulp.dest('public/css'));
});
//HTML Tasks
gulp.task('html', function () {
return gulp.src(['./app/**/*.html'], {
base: 'app'
})
.pipe(minifyHTML())
.pipe(gulp.dest('public'))
;
});
//Image Tasks
gulp.task('image', function () {
return gulp.src('app/img/**/*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,svg}')
.pipe(gulp.dest('public/images'));
});
//JS Tasks
gulp.task('js', function () {
return gulp.src('app/js/**/*.js')
.pipe(concat('main.js'))
.pipe(uglify())
.pipe(gulp.dest('public/js'));
});
// Watch files for changes
gulp.task('watch', function() {
// Watch HTML files
gulp.watch('./app/*.html', ['html'], browserSync.reload);
// Watch Sass files
gulp.watch('./app/sass/**/*.scss', ['sass'], browserSync.reload);
// Watch JS files
gulp.watch('./app/js/**/*', ['js'], browserSync.reload);
// Watch image files
gulp.watch('./app/img/*', ['image'], browserSync.reload);
});
gulp.task('browser-sync', ['watch'], function() {
browserSync.init({
server: {
baseDir: "./public"
}
});
});
gulp.task('defualt');
gulp.task('build', [], function(callback) {
runSequence('clean',
'sass',
'html',
'js',
'image');
});
I did a little more poking around the forums and the browser-sync documentation. In my serve task I needed to add a watch function to the Public directory that would manually call the reload every time a change was detected. So my 'browser-sync' task, now renamed 'serve', needs to look like this:
//Browser Sync Server
gulp.task('serve', ['watch'], function() {
browserSync.init({
server: {
baseDir: "./public"
}
});
gulp.watch("./public/**/*").on("change", browserSync.reload);
});
I am sure there is a way to do this with browser-sync's streams as well, but this manual reload method found in the docs has done the trick.
Try passing in a files object in the init function so it knows what to look for. No need for a different watch task, Browsersync does all that for you.
gulp.task('browser-sync', ['watch'], function() {
browserSync.init({
server: {
baseDir: "./public"
},
files: [
'**/*.css',
'**/*.js',
'**/*.html'
// etc...
]
});
});