I am trying to create a gulpfile.js to compile scss to css and JS components to a main JS file. But it's not working properly.
The issues i am facing, when I run the command gulp:
Here is my gulpfile.js:
"use strict";
const source = 'assets/';
// Load Modules
const { src, dest, watch, series } = require('gulp');
const sass = require('gulp-sass')(require('sass'));
const postcss = require('gulp-postcss');
const cssnano = require('cssnano');
const terser = require('gulp-terser');
const browsersync = require('browser-sync').create();
// Scss Task
function scssTask() {
return src(`${source}/scss/zaincss.scss`)
.pipe(sass())
.pipe(postcss([cssnano()]))
.pipe(dest(`${source}/css`));
}
// Javascript Task
function jsTask() {
return src(`${source}/js/scripts/*.js`)
.pipe(terser())
.pipe(dest(`${source}/js/scripts/`));
}
// BrowserSync Tasks
function browserSyncServe(done) {
browsersync.init({
server: {
baseDir: '.'
},
injectChanges: true
});
done()
}
function browserSyncReload(done) {
browsersync.reload();
done();
}
// Watch Task
function watchTask() {
watch('*.html', browserSyncReload);
watch(['assets/scss/**/*.scss', 'assets/js/**/*.js'], series(scssTask, jsTask, browserSyncReload));
}
// Default Gulp Task
exports.default = series(
scssTask, jsTask, browserSyncServe, watchTask
);
I have googled a lot, but i am stuck. Please help me.
Part of the problem is you are watching the same directory that you are storing your js files in:
// Javascript Task
function jsTask() {
return src(`${source}/js/scripts/*.js`)
.pipe(terser())
.pipe(dest(`${source}/js/scripts/`));
}
So you send the files to ${source}/js/scripts/ but you are watching that location in your watch task: 'assets/js/**/*.js'. So any change in that location starts the process all over again.
Store you minified js files someplace else than the same directory you are watching for changes.