Gulp plugin to run a webserver (with LiveReload)
gulp-connect is sponsored by JetBrains!
npm install --save-dev gulp-connect
vargulp=require('gulp'),connect=require('gulp-connect');gulp.task('connect',function(){connect.server();});gulp.task('default',['connect']);vargulp=require('gulp'),connect=require('gulp-connect');gulp.task('connect',function(){connect.server({root: 'app',livereload: true});});gulp.task('html',function(){gulp.src('./app/*.html').pipe(connect.reload());});gulp.task('watch',function(){gulp.watch(['./app/*.html'],['html']);});gulp.task('default',['connect','watch']);gulp.task('jenkins-tests',function(){connect.server({port: 8888});// run some headless tests with phantomjs// when process exits:connect.serverClose();});vargulp=require('gulp'),stylus=require('gulp-stylus'),connect=require('gulp-connect');gulp.task('connectDev',function(){connect.server({name: 'Dev App',root: ['app','tmp'],port: 8000,livereload: true});});gulp.task('connectDist',function(){connect.server({name: 'Dist App',root: 'dist',port: 8001,livereload: true});});gulp.task('html',function(){gulp.src('./app/*.html').pipe(connect.reload());});gulp.task('stylus',function(){gulp.src('./app/stylus/*.styl').pipe(stylus()).pipe(gulp.dest('./app/css')).pipe(connect.reload());});gulp.task('watch',function(){gulp.watch(['./app/*.html'],['html']);gulp.watch(['./app/stylus/*.styl'],['stylus']);});gulp.task('default',['connectDist','connectDev','watch']);If the http2 package is installed and you use an https connection to gulp connect then http 2 will be used in preference to http 1.
Type: Array or String
Default: Directory with gulpfile
The root path
Type: Number
Default: 8080
The connect webserver port
Type: String
Default: localhost
####options.name
Type: String
Default: Server
The name that will be output when the server starts/stops.
Type: Object
Default: false
Can be any options documented at https://nodejs.org/api/https.html#https_https_createserver_options_requestlistener
When https is just set to true (boolean), then internally some defaults will be used.
Type: Object or Boolean
Default: false
Type: Number
Default: 35729
Overrides the hostname of the script livereload injects in index.html
Type: String
Default: 'undefined'
Type: String
Default: undefined
Fallback file (e.g. index.html)
Type: Function
Default: []
Type: Boolean
Default: false
Type: Boolean or String of a new index pass or Array of new indexes in preferred order
Default: true
gulp.task('connect',function(){connect.server({root: "app",middleware: function(connect,opt){return[// ...]}});});To contribute to this project, you must have CoffeeScript installed: npm install -g coffee-script.
Then, to build the index.js file, run coffee -o . -bc src/. Run npm test to run the tests.