1 | # Make a beautiful class-based gulpfiles with Typescript and Gulpclass
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3 | Allows to create a gulp files in classes, each method of which can be a gulp task.
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5 | ## Installation
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7 | 1. Install module:
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9 | `npm install gulpclass --save-dev`
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11 | 2. Use [typings](https://github.com/typings/typings) to install all required definition dependencies.
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13 | `typings install`
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14 |
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15 | ## Usage
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16 |
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17 | 1. Create a `gulpfile.ts` and describe your tasks
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19 | ```javascript
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20 | import {Gulpclass, Task, SequenceTask} from "gulpclass/Decorators";
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21 |
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22 | let gulp = require("gulp");
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23 | let del = require("del");
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24 |
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25 | @Gulpclass()
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26 | export class Gulpfile {
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27 |
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28 | @Task()
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29 | clean(cb: Function) {
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30 | return del(["./dist/**"], cb);
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31 | }
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32 |
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33 | @Task()
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34 | copyFiles() {
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35 | return gulp.src(["./README.md"])
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36 | .pipe(gulp.dest("./dist"));
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37 | }
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38 |
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39 | @Task("copy-source-files") // you can specify custom task name if you need
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40 | copySourceFiles() {
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41 | return gulp.src(["./src/**.js"])
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42 | .pipe(gulp.dest("./dist/src"));
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43 | }
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44 |
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45 | @SequenceTask() // this special annotation using "run-sequence" module to run returned tasks in sequence
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46 | build() {
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47 | return ["copyFiles", "copy-source-files"];
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48 | }
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49 |
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50 | @Task()
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51 | default() { // because this task has "default" name it will be run as default gulp task
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52 | return ["build"];
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53 | }
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55 | }
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56 | ```
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57 |
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58 | 2. How to run
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60 | There is a caveat of using gulp and typescript together. The problem is that when you run your `gulp` commands
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61 | in console, gulp cannot read your tasks from your typescript code - it can read only from `gulpfile.js`.
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62 | But there is a simple workaround - you can create a gulpfile.js, compile and execute typescript on-the-fly.
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63 |
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64 | create a **gulpfile.js** and put there this peace of code:
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65 | ```javascript
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66 | eval(require("typescript").transpile(require("fs").readFileSync("./gulpfile.ts").toString()));
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67 | ```
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68 | this peace of code reads your gulpfile.ts contents, and asks typescript to transpile it on-the-fly and executes transpiled result as javascript.
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70 | (you need to run `npm install typescript --save-dev` if you dont have typescript package installed)
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72 | Please note that if you are NOT using `outDir` in typescript compile options, you may have problems if your
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73 | gulpclass file is named `gulpfile.ts` typescript compiler will try to compile it to `gulpfile.js`, and will override
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74 | code you added to gulpfile.js. Solution is simple - rename your `gulpfile.ts`. You can call it as you wish,
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75 | for example you can call it `gulpclass.ts`.
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76 |
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77 | **alternative approaches (not recommended):**
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79 | alternative approaches depend of tsconfig configuration you use. These examples assume that you are using
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80 | `"outDir": "build"` as a directory to where files are compiled:
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82 | * create `gulpfile.js` and put there ```require("build/gulpfile")```
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83 | * or run gulp in cmd with extra parameters: `gulp --gulpfile build/gulpfile.js --cwd .`
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84 |
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85 | ## Samples
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86 |
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87 | This project itself using [gulpfile.ts](https://github.com/PLEEROCK/gulpclass/blob/master/gulpfile.ts).
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88 | Take a look on it as an example. |
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