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diff --git a/build/basic-gulp-build-for-sass/index.html b/build/basic-gulp-build-for-sass/index.html index e7f6aad..572d6a8 100644 --- a/build/basic-gulp-build-for-sass/index.html +++ b/build/basic-gulp-build-for-sass/index.html @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> <title>Basic Gulp Build for Sass</title> <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> -<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> +<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:4px solid;padding-left:5px;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> </head> <nav> @@ -16,13 +17,9 @@ <main> <h1 id="basic-gulp-build-for-sass">Basic Gulp Build for Sass</h1> - <p>2019-01-15</p> - <p>Some designers might shy away from build tools when first starting out and I can understand the reasoning - task runners like <code>gulp</code> and <code>grunt</code> can seem daunting at first. So, I’ve decided to showcase my go-to setup for <code>gulp</code> and explain what the heck it does step-by-step. </p> - <p>Here is the final <code>gulp.js</code> file in all it’s glory:</p> - <pre><code>var gulp = require('gulp'); var shell = require('gulp-shell'); var sass = require('gulp-sass'); @@ -50,51 +47,31 @@ gulp.task('build', gulp.series( 'generate' )); </code></pre> - <p>Trust me, it’s not complicated at all.</p> - <h2 id="grabbing-what-we-need">Grabbing what we need</h2> - <p>For our basic build file we are going to need only three modules: <code>gulp</code>, <code>gulp-shell</code> and <code>gulp-sass</code>.</p> - <pre><code>var gulp = require('gulp'); var shell = require('gulp-shell'); var sass = require('gulp-sass'); </code></pre> - <h4 id="gulp">gulp</h4> - <p>This is the streaming build system, without it we can’t do anything else.</p> - <h4 id="gulp-shell">gulp-shell</h4> - <p>A gulp command line interface for us to interact with our terminal.</p> - <h4 id="gulp-sass">gulp-sass</h4> - <p>Required for gulp to compile Sass into vanilla CSS.</p> - <h4 id="bonus-tasks">Bonus tasks</h4> - <h2 id="generating-the-build">Generating the build</h2> - <p>Our first step is to create the default task that will generate our build. In this example we are making the assumption that we’re building a Jekyll website (but you can place any build command here):</p> - <pre><code>gulp.task('generate', shell.task('jekyll serve')); </code></pre> - <p>Don’t worry if this <code>generate</code> isn’t clear, we come back to that later.</p> - <h2 id="processing-our-pre-processor">Processing our pre-processor</h2> - <p>We will name this next task <code>styles</code> since that’s what it outputs - our styling. We start by telling gulp where our main <code>scss</code> directory is:</p> - <pre><code>/* Change this directory to match yours */ return gulp.src('_includes/assets/sass/styles.scss') </code></pre> - <p>This next piece tells the plugin to compress our final compiled CSS, log any errors if there are issues with the build and then export it to our destination directory:</p> - <pre><code>.pipe(sass({ outputStyle: 'compressed' }).on('error', sass.logError)) @@ -102,11 +79,8 @@ return gulp.src('_includes/assets/sass/styles.scss') /* Change this to your destination directory */ .pipe(gulp.dest('_includes/assets/css/')); </code></pre> - <h2 id="building-our-assets">Building our assets</h2> - <p>This step isn’t 100% needed, but I like to include it for when more assets need to be added (minifying JavaScript, compressing images, etc)</p> - <pre><code>/* Compile the assets */ @@ -114,11 +88,8 @@ gulp.task('assets', gulp.parallel( 'styles' )); </code></pre> - <h2 id="altogether-now">Altogether now!</h2> - <p>Now we add a task that runs all other tasks in our gulp file (in this case it will run both <code>assets</code> and <code>generate</code>)</p> - <pre><code>/* Build */ @@ -127,7 +98,6 @@ gulp.task('build', gulp.series( 'generate' )); </code></pre> - <p>And that’s it - we’re done! A very basic <code>gulp</code> build for compiling Sass.</p> <footer role="contentinfo"> <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> |