Introducing Gulp.js to Web Development Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
Automating repetitive tasks in the web development process can greatly improve the efficiency of the development team and the overall quality of the final product. In this course, you'll learn how to use Gulp.js to assist you in your web development projects. Focus is centered on how Gulp.js can help you with web development and how to install it for use in the development environment. In addition, this course covers how to use Gulp.js plugins to assist you with JavaScript coding and CSS compilation.
Target Audience
This course is targeted towards web developers and persons wishing to learn how to use Gulp.js in their web development projects. Previous knowledge of JavaScript and Node.js, as well as working with the command line to execute code, may be beneficial.
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
1.8
Lesson Objectives Introducing Gulp.js to Web Development
start the course
describe what Gulp is and the benefits of using it in your development workflow
describe the purpose of a build pipeline and Gulp streams
identify the four Gulp APIs and describe the purpose of each
install the appropriate package installer for Windows or Mac computers
install and configure the Node.js node package manager (npm) for use in your projects
install and configure the Git version control package for your projects
use the npm package manager to install and configure Gulp and Bower globally for use in your projects
use the npm package manager to install and configure packages locally for use in your projects
identify the differences between dependencies and devDependencies and how to create them
install and configure the Brackets text editor
create a Hello World Gulpfile.js to demonstrate working with Gulp tasks
describe the purpose of the JSHint and JSCS plugins for performing code analysis against JavaScript
install and configure the Gulp JSHint and JSCS plugins for JavaScript linting and code style checking
create code for JSHint and JSCS tasks in Gulp
install and use the Gulp concat plugin to concatenate multiple files into one
install individual Gulp plugins as well as use lazy loading to load all Gulp plugins
install and use the Gulp uglify plugin to perform minification of your JavaScript code
create and work with a reusable configuration file in Gulp
install and use the Gulp SASS plugin to compile your CSS code
install and work with the Gulp autoprefixer plugin to add vendor prefixes in your CSS code
install and use the Gulp csslint plugin to locate problems in your CSS code
install and use the Gulp uncss plugin to perform optimization of your CSS code
install and use the Gulp csso plugin to remove all unnecessary characters from your CSS code
work with the on error method in Gulp to perform error handling in your CSS code
install and work with the gulp-plumber tool to perform error handling in your CSS code
identify the Gulp APIs and the main plugins used for working with JavaScript and CSS code
Course Number: wd_gulp_a01_it_enus
Expertise Level
Intermediate