I have been following these two tutorials for first adding gulp.js & configuring package.json
But when go to Task Runner Explorer and right click on less
Task and run it. Nothing happens.
./gulpfile.js
/// <binding BeforeBuild='less' Clean='clean' />
"use strict";
var gulp = require("gulp"),
rimraf = require("rimraf"),
concat = require("gulp-concat"),
cssmin = require("gulp-cssmin"),
uglify = require("gulp-uglify"),
fs = require("fs"),
less = require("gulp-less");
var project = require('./project.json');
var paths = {
webroot: "./wwwroot/"
};
paths.js = paths.webroot + "js/**/*.js";
paths.minJs = paths.webroot + "js/**/*.min.js";
paths.css = paths.webroot + "css/**/*.css";
paths.minCss = paths.webroot + "css/**/*.min.css";
paths.concatJsDest = paths.webroot + "js/site.min.js";
paths.concatCssDest = paths.webroot + "css/site.min.css";
gulp.task("less", function () {
return gulp.src('Styles/main.less')
.pipe(less())
.pipe(gulp.dest(project.webroot + '/css'));
});
gulp.task("clean:js", function (cb) {
rimraf(paths.concatJsDest, cb);
});
gulp.task("clean:css", function (cb) {
rimraf(paths.concatCssDest, cb);
});
gulp.task("clean", ["clean:js", "clean:css"]);
gulp.task("min:js", function () {
return gulp.src([paths.js, "!" + paths.minJs], { base: "." })
.pipe(concat(paths.concatJsDest))
.pipe(uglify())
.pipe(gulp.dest("."));
});
gulp.task("min:css", function () {
return gulp.src([paths.css, "!" + paths.minCss])
.pipe(concat(paths.concatCssDest))
.pipe(cssmin())
.pipe(gulp.dest("."));
});
gulp.task("min", ["min:js", "min:css"]);
./package.json
{
"version": "1.0.0",
"name": "asp.net",
"private": true,
"devDependencies": {
"gulp": "^3.9.1",
"rimraf": "^2.5.4",
"gulp-concat": "2.6.1",
"gulp-cssmin": "^0.1.7",
"gulp-uglify": "^2.0.0",
"gulp-minify-html": "^1.0.6",
"gulp-ext-replace": "^0.3.0",
"gulp-less": " 3.0.2"
}
}
./Sytles/main.less
@base: #663333;
@background: spin(@base, 180);
@lighter: lighten(spin(@base, 5), 10%);
@lighter2: lighten(spin(@base, 10), 20%);
@darker: darken(spin(@base, -5), 10%);
@darker2: darken(spin(@base, -10), 20%);
body {
background-color:@background;
}
.baseColor {color:@base}
.bgLight {color:@lighter}
.bgLight2 {color:@lighter2}
.bgDark {color:@darker}
.bgDark2 {color:@darker2}