Gulp And Less Starter Kit

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Starter kit to use Gulp with Less. Features Bootstrap 3, minify, lint, and watch.

Overview:

This article discusses a starter kit for using Gulp and Less to simplify development processes. It provides a clean and easy-to-use setup for repurposing Gulp and Less for individual projects.

Features:

  • LESS / CSS Stuff: Watches for Less changes on save, checks for Less errors and outputs them without the need to rerun Gulp, autoprefixes for legacy browsers, and combines all CSS into one minified file.
  • Javascript Stuff: Automatically compiles all jQuery libraries into one JS file, lints custom scripts for errors, and combines all custom scripts into one file.

Summary:

This article introduces a starter kit for utilizing Gulp and Less, providing various features and installation instructions. It simplifies the development process by automating tasks such as Less compilation, error checking, CSS and JS minification, and script combination.

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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.