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Gulp Boilerplate

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A basic Gulp 4 boilerplate to get developing locally, quickly. Comes with Sass/JS & image minification, Babel, Nunjucks, CSS autoprefixer and hot reload.

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Overview

The Gulp Boilerplate is a basic Gulp 4 boilerplate that provides developers with a set of helpful tools already set up for local development. It includes tasks such as HTML minification, CSS autoprefixing, Sass minification, JS minification, image minification, Nunjucks templating, live reload, and Babel transpilation. This boilerplate aims to streamline the development workflow by automating various tasks and providing a simple setup process.

Features

  • HTML minify (on build): Minifies HTML files during the build process to reduce file size and improve website performance.
  • CSS autoprefixer: Automatically adds vendor prefixes to CSS code, ensuring compatibility with different browsers.
  • Sass minify: Minifies Sass code to reduce file size and improve website performance.
  • JS minify: Minifies JavaScript files to reduce file size and improve website performance.
  • Image minify: Minifies image files to reduce file size and improve website performance.
  • Nunjucks: Uses Nunjucks templating language to create reusable templates and improve code maintainability.
  • Live reload: Automatically refreshes the browser whenever changes are made to the code.
  • Babel: Transpiles JavaScript code to ensure compatibility with older browsers.

Summary

The Gulp Boilerplate is a handy tool for developers looking to streamline their development workflow. With its pre-configured tasks and automation of various processes, it simplifies the setup process for local development. The Gulp Boilerplate supports minification for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as image files. It also includes support for Sass, Nunjucks templating, live reload, and Babel transpilation. By automating these tasks, the Gulp Boilerplate saves developers time and effort, allowing them to focus on writing clean and efficient code.

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SCSS

SCSS is a preprocessor scripting language that extends the capabilities of CSS by adding features such as variables, nesting, and mixins. It allows developers to write more efficient and maintainable CSS code, and helps to streamline the development process by reducing repetition and increasing reusability.

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Gulp

Gulp.js is an old but popular site building tool that automates various repetitive development tasks in web development, such as compiling Sass, minifying JavaScript, and optimizing images.