gulpPluginTemplate - Alpha

simple template for a buildfire plugin to be bundled using gulp

init

run npm install to initialize the folder

run

then when ready for final test and release run npm start or gulp build This will prodice a sister folder with _release as a postfix on teh root folder thest his optomized copy then zip and publish

merge

If you are importing into an existing plugin project. Make sure you copy the package.json and gulpfile.js then when adding

combine files

• to combine your JS files simply surround them with this html comment:

<!-- build:bundleJSFiles  -->...<!-- endbuild -->

this will merge, minify and obfescate all files within these two comments into one JS file

example:

<!-- build:bundleJSFiles  -->
	<script src="app.js"></script>
	<script src="enums.js"></script>
	<script src="app.services.js"></script>
	<script src="controllers/content.home.controller.js"></script>
<!-- endbuild -->

In the release version this will be swapped out to reference a single file

• to combine your CSS files simply surround them with this html comment:

<!-- build:bundleCSSFiles  -->...<!-- endbuild -->

this will merge, minify and obfescate all files within these two comments into one CSS file

example:

    <!-- build:bundleCSSFiles  -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/a.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/b.css">
    <!-- endbuild -->

file order

if the order matters then edit the gulpfile.js look for the array of tasks that need altereing.

example:

var cssTasks=[
    {name:"widgetCSS",src:"widget/**/*.css",dest:"/widget"}
    ,{name:"controlContentCSS",src:"control/content/**/*.css",dest:"/control/content"}
    ,{name:"controlDesignCSS",src:"control/design/**/*.css",dest:"/control/design"}
    ,{name:"controlSettingsCSS",src:"control/settings/**/*.css",dest:"/control/settings"}
];

looking at the first object {name:"widgetCSS",src:"widget/**/*.css",dest:"/widget"} lets say the CSS file order in this folder affects the outcome. all we need to do if specify the files in an array in teh src property

 {
 name:"widgetCSS"
 ,src:[
 	"widget/css/b.css"
	 ,"widget/css/c.css"
	 ,"widget/a.css"
	]
 ,dest:"/widget"
 }