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1. Install gulp globally:
If you have previously installed a version of gulp globally, please run npm rm –global gulp to make sure your old version doesn’t collide with gulp-cli.
$ npm install –global gulp-cli
2. Initialize your project directory:
$ npm init
3. Install gulp in your project devDependencies:
$ npm install –save-dev gulp
4. Create a gulpfile.js at the root of your project:
var gulp = require(‘gulp’);
gulp.task(‘default’, function() {
// place code for your default task here
});
5. Run gulp:
$ gulp
gulpfile.js
var gulp = require('gulp'); gulp.task('default', function(){ console.log("hello, gulp!"); });
[vagrant@localhost rss24]$ gulp [12:35:58] Using gulpfile ~/gulpfile.js [12:35:58] Starting 'default'... hello, gulp! [12:35:58] Finished 'default' after 109 μs