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Gulp Task Automation for Beginners

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You will learn how automate all your web development tasks with Gulp. In this video we will be compiling Sass files to CSS and then minifying the CSS for production. 🔗Install node: https://nodejs.org 🔗Install Gulp: https://gulpjs.com/ Install Gulp Packages: 🔗Sass: https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-sass 🔗Css uglify: https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-uglifycss 🎶Music by: Nicolai Heidlas Music - With you https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas ⭐️Tutorial from iEatWebsites. Check out their channel for more great tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0o60y3FtVy3M93JcDFVreA -- Learn to code for free and get a developer job: https://www.freecodecamp.org Read hundreds of articles on programming: https://medium.freecodecamp.org

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My name is Jay.", 'start': 4.175, 'duration': 1.781}, {'end': 11.538, 'text': "And in this video, I'm going to show you how I use Gulp almost every day.", 'start': 6.596, 'duration': 4.942}, {'end': 18.562, 'text': "If you don't know what Gulp is, I want to show you very quickly one of the things that you can do with it.", 'start': 11.959, 'duration': 6.603}, {'end': 21.183, 'text': 'So right now, I have here a very basic website.', 'start': 18.922, 'duration': 2.261}, {'end': 24.725, 'text': "You can see that I'm requesting a style.css file.", 'start': 21.323, 'duration': 3.402}, {'end': 31.559, 'text': "Now, I don't have this file yet because I'm using SAS, as you can see here.", 'start': 26.178, 'duration': 5.381}, {'end': 34.119, 'text': 'So this is all some SAS code.', 'start': 32.219, 'duration': 1.9}, {'end': 41.321, 'text': 'So I need to compile this code to a CSS file, only one CSS file.', 'start': 34.54, 'duration': 6.781}, {'end': 49.962, 'text': 'But then after that, I want to minify that CSS file and then use the CSS file.', 'start': 42.181, 'duration': 7.781}, {'end': 55.744, 'text': "It sounds very complicated, but that's when gulps come and help us.", 'start': 50.403, 'duration': 5.341}, {'end': 57.085, 'text': 'so gulp can.', 'start': 55.744, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 66.589, 'text': 'actually, every time i edit something here and i save the file, gulp can do all that for me automatically.', 'start': 57.085, 'duration': 9.504}], 'summary': 'Jay demonstrates using gulp to compile and minify css files automatically.', 'duration': 62.414, 'max_score': 4.175, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko4175.jpg'}], 'start': 4.175, 'title': 'Using gulp for website management', 'summary': "Highlights the process of using gulp to automate the compilation and minification of sas code into css files for website management, demonstrating time-saving benefits of gulp's automatic task performance upon file saving.", 'chapters': [{'end': 66.589, 'start': 4.175, 'title': 'Using gulp for website management', 'summary': 'Highlights the process of using gulp to automate the compilation and minification of sas code into css files for website management, demonstrating how gulp can save time by automatically performing these tasks upon file saving.', 'duration': 62.414, 'highlights': ['Gulp automates the compilation and minification of SAS code into a CSS file upon file saving, saving time and effort. Time saved by automating the process', 'Demonstrates the use of Gulp to show how it can automate tasks when editing and saving files, emphasizing its efficiency in managing website development. Efficiency in managing website development tasks']}], 'duration': 62.414, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko4175.jpg', 'highlights': ['Gulp automates the compilation and minification of SAS code into a CSS file upon file saving, saving time and effort.', 'Demonstrates the use of Gulp to show how it can automate tasks when editing and saving files, emphasizing its efficiency in managing website development.']}, {'end': 170.119, 'segs': [{'end': 101.451, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 66.589, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 69.25, 'text': 'it compiles the file, it saved the file in a folder,', 'start': 66.589, 'duration': 2.661}, {'end': 76.014, 'text': 'it get the file from that folder and save it on another folder and and convert the file whatever you want.', 'start': 69.25, 'duration': 6.764}, {'end': 77.214, 'text': 'gulp can do it.', 'start': 76.014, 'duration': 1.2}, {'end': 83.078, 'text': "let's go and install gulp, and for that you're gonna need node.js.", 'start': 77.214, 'duration': 5.864}, {'end': 85.979, 'text': "every link that i'm gonna show here, every website that i'm gonna show you.", 'start': 83.078, 'duration': 2.901}, {'end': 88.401, 'text': "i'm gonna paste it on the description of this video.", 'start': 85.979, 'duration': 2.422}, {'end': 90.862, 'text': 'go there, download it, install it in your computer.', 'start': 88.401, 'duration': 2.461}, {'end': 92.023, 'text': "it's just like a normal app.", 'start': 90.862, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 101.451, 'text': "so install it there and then, after it's installed, then we go here to gulp.js.com and we can install gulp.", 'start': 92.023, 'duration': 9.428}], 'summary': 'Learn how to use gulp to compile, save, retrieve, and convert files, requiring node.js for installation.', 'duration': 34.862, 'max_score': 66.589, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko66589.jpg'}, {'end': 170.119, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 113.978, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 116.399, 'text': 'we can just copy and paste it all right.', 'start': 113.978, 'duration': 2.421}, {'end': 119.361, 'text': 'remember, you need to install node.js before.', 'start': 116.399, 'duration': 2.962}, {'end': 122.282, 'text': 'if not, this is not going to work all right.', 'start': 119.361, 'duration': 2.921}, {'end': 124.864, 'text': "so let's open the command line.", 'start': 122.282, 'duration': 2.582}, {'end': 130.946, 'text': 'for now you can be on any folder, but then we need to go to our project folder, okay?', 'start': 124.864, 'duration': 6.082}, {'end': 137.829, 'text': "So first you need to install the Gulp CLI, because we're gonna use some specific commands for Gulp.", 'start': 131.486, 'duration': 6.343}, {'end': 142.692, 'text': 'So you just need to copy this and paste it here.', 'start': 137.849, 'duration': 4.843}, {'end': 151.971, 'text': 'and hit enter and it will install everything you need to use the Gulp command line and everything.', 'start': 144.488, 'duration': 7.483}, {'end': 163.155, 'text': "If you're using Mac and you get like permission errors, all you need to do is like use sudo, sudo and then paste that and hit enter.", 'start': 152.791, 'duration': 10.364}, {'end': 170.119, 'text': "okay?. 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The first one, we're gonna create a variable of gulp equals require and gulp.", 'start': 408.114, 'duration': 16.668}, {'end': 430.844, 'text': "Whoops That's the first one and you need it.", 'start': 427.683, 'duration': 3.161}, {'end': 431.925, 'text': "It's very important.", 'start': 431.124, 'duration': 0.801}, {'end': 436.086, 'text': "you needed to run gulp, of course, we're getting gulp.", 'start': 433.045, 'duration': 3.041}, {'end': 440.727, 'text': "And now we're going to do is adding different packages.", 'start': 436.506, 'duration': 4.221}], 'summary': 'Using gulp, creating a variable and adding packages to run gulp.', 'duration': 32.613, 'max_score': 408.114, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko408114.jpg'}, {'end': 501.924, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 471.152, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 474.474, 'text': 'Ton of packages, thousands of packages that are different you can use.', 'start': 471.152, 'duration': 3.322}, {'end': 476.415, 'text': 'You can get very, very creative.', 'start': 474.974, 'duration': 1.441}, {'end': 480.918, 'text': 'So this is the one that actually get my SAS file and compile to CSS.', 'start': 476.455, 'duration': 4.463}, {'end': 483.019, 'text': 'So here is very simple.', 'start': 481.739, 'duration': 1.28}, {'end': 485.161, 'text': 'They give you this so you can install.', 'start': 483.059, 'duration': 2.102}, {'end': 486.282, 'text': "So let's just copy.", 'start': 485.181, 'duration': 1.101}, {'end': 488.503, 'text': "Let's go there.", 'start': 486.302, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 490.564, 'text': "Let's paste it.", 'start': 488.523, 'duration': 2.041}, {'end': 492.766, 'text': "Let's hit enter.", 'start': 491.505, 'duration': 1.261}, {'end': 494.86, 'text': 'all right.', 'start': 494.44, 'duration': 0.42}, {'end': 501.924, 'text': 'so now we have the gulp sass already installed, so we can use it.', 'start': 494.86, 'duration': 7.064}], 'summary': 'Gulp allows compiling sas file to css; thousands of packages available for creative use.', 'duration': 30.772, 'max_score': 471.152, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko471152.jpg'}], 'start': 170.419, 'title': 'Project navigation, npm initialization, gulp installation, and gulp file setup', 'summary': 'Covers navigating to a project folder, checking contents, initializing the project with npm, installing gulp, adding it to the project, and setting up the gulp file to compile sas files to css, emphasizing commands and installation process.', 'chapters': [{'end': 236.352, 'start': 170.419, 'title': 'Navigating and initializing project with npm', 'summary': "Covers navigating to a project folder, checking its contents using commands like 'ls' and 'pwd', and initializing the project with 'npm init' to create a file describing the project.", 'duration': 65.933, 'highlights': ["Navigating to the project folder and checking its contents using 'ls' and 'pwd' commands to verify the location and contents, ensuring correct navigation and directory.", "Initializing the project with 'npm init' to create a file containing project details such as package name, ensuring the project is properly described and set up."]}, {'end': 541.497, 'start': 236.352, 'title': 'Installing gulp and setting up gulp file', 'summary': 'Discusses the process of installing gulp, adding gulp to the project, and setting up the gulp file to compile sas files to css, with emphasis on copying commands, installation process, and package usage.', 'duration': 305.145, 'highlights': ['Installing Gulp and verifying installation The process involves copying a command to install Gulp, followed by verifying the installation and checking the added packages and their versions.', "Setting up Gulp file to compile SAS files to CSS The chapter explains the process of adding the 'gulp-sass' package to compile SAS files to CSS, copying the installation command, and adding the required code in the Gulp file.", "Explanation of Gulp tasks and package usage The speaker discusses the importance of the Gulp file, introduces the concept of tasks, and explains the process of adding packages like 'gulp-sass' for specific functionalities like compiling SAS files to CSS."]}], 'duration': 371.078, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko170419.jpg', 'highlights': ["Initializing the project with 'npm init' to create a file containing project details such as package name, ensuring the project is properly described and set up.", 'Installing Gulp and verifying installation The process involves copying a command to install Gulp, followed by verifying the installation and checking the added packages and their versions.', "Setting up Gulp file to compile SAS files to CSS The chapter explains the process of adding the 'gulp-sass' package to compile SAS files to CSS, copying the installation command, and adding the required code in the Gulp file.", "Explanation of Gulp tasks and package usage The speaker discusses the importance of the Gulp file, introduces the concept of tasks, and explains the process of adding packages like 'gulp-sass' for specific functionalities like compiling SAS files to CSS.", "Navigating to the project folder and checking its contents using 'ls' and 'pwd' commands to verify the location and contents, ensuring correct navigation and directory."]}, {'end': 901.161, 'segs': [{'end': 599.143, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 541.497, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 549.431, 'text': "this is what's gonna run, like a function that is gonna run Let's just see what's going on here is going to take the SAS, which is this", 'start': 541.497, 'duration': 7.934}, {'end': 555.993, 'text': 'So this one here, we need to change it because we have our SAS in this SAS folder.', 'start': 549.611, 'duration': 6.382}, {'end': 557.134, 'text': "So let's go here.", 'start': 556.314, 'duration': 0.82}, {'end': 565.897, 'text': "SAS And then inside this SAS folder, we're going to have a bunch of SAS files.", 'start': 559.475, 'duration': 6.422}, {'end': 571.18, 'text': "So we're going to do this dot SAS.", 'start': 565.958, 'duration': 5.222}, {'end': 574.238, 'text': 'So this is like a wild card.', 'start': 571.22, 'duration': 3.018}, {'end': 579.573, 'text': "it's gonna take every single file that we have with this format.", 'start': 574.238, 'duration': 5.335}, {'end': 584.858, 'text': "So it's gonna take every single one, or you can be very specific.", 'start': 581.297, 'duration': 3.561}, {'end': 587.639, 'text': 'You can be like style.sas is gonna take that.', 'start': 584.878, 'duration': 2.761}, {'end': 590.92, 'text': 'But for now, I want every single file.', 'start': 587.779, 'duration': 3.141}, {'end': 592.881, 'text': "So you do that and that's done.", 'start': 591.12, 'duration': 1.761}, {'end': 599.143, 'text': "So what's gonna happen here, this is just, if there's an error, they're gonna tell you there's an error.", 'start': 593.601, 'duration': 5.542}], 'summary': 'Function to run sas files with wild card format for error detection.', 'duration': 57.646, 'max_score': 541.497, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko541497.jpg'}, {'end': 698.321, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 629.15, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 632.771, 'text': "So let's save that and let's test it.", 'start': 629.15, 'duration': 3.621}, {'end': 636.512, 'text': 'So our task name is SAS.', 'start': 632.871, 'duration': 3.641}, {'end': 639.913, 'text': "So let's go and say Gulp.", 'start': 637.312, 'duration': 2.601}, {'end': 643.908, 'text': 'Sass, hit enter.', 'start': 641.787, 'duration': 2.121}, {'end': 649.652, 'text': 'All right.', 'start': 649.312, 'duration': 0.34}, {'end': 653.114, 'text': 'You can see here, no errors, no nothing.', 'start': 651.213, 'duration': 1.901}, {'end': 655.616, 'text': "It's just saying like, you know, started the Sass task.", 'start': 653.134, 'duration': 2.482}, {'end': 657.177, 'text': "It's finished after this time.", 'start': 655.696, 'duration': 1.481}, {'end': 658.618, 'text': "We're good to go.", 'start': 657.857, 'duration': 0.761}, {'end': 663.441, 'text': 'If you go back now to your editor, you will see a new CSS folder.', 'start': 659.659, 'duration': 3.782}, {'end': 665.722, 'text': "Let's open that folder.", 'start': 664.562, 'duration': 1.16}, {'end': 669.065, 'text': "There's a style.css, which is the same name as this one.", 'start': 665.883, 'duration': 3.182}, {'end': 670.926, 'text': 'And look at this.', 'start': 670.385, 'duration': 0.541}, {'end': 673.864, 'text': 'Normal CSS.', 'start': 672.723, 'duration': 1.141}, {'end': 678.127, 'text': 'Very cool, huh? Gulp is helping us to do that for us.', 'start': 674.444, 'duration': 3.683}, {'end': 689.655, 'text': 'Now, I need to create another task for the CSS because I want to then get all the CSS and minify the CSS.', 'start': 678.267, 'duration': 11.388}, {'end': 691.356, 'text': "So let's go back there.", 'start': 690.175, 'duration': 1.181}, {'end': 698.321, 'text': 'We need the uglify CSS package.', 'start': 694.218, 'duration': 4.103}], 'summary': 'Using gulp, sass task completed successfully, generating normal css. next step: minifying the css.', 'duration': 38.662, 'max_score': 629.15, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko629150.jpg'}, {'end': 799.799, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 766.409, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 777.953, 'text': 'every file with a CSS format is gonna take it and uglify it, which is another word for minify it,', 'start': 766.409, 'duration': 11.544}, {'end': 783.729, 'text': "And we have some options here that I'm gonna explain to you what they do.", 'start': 779.747, 'duration': 3.982}, {'end': 789.533, 'text': 'So, for example, max line length is like every 80 characters.', 'start': 784.15, 'duration': 5.383}, {'end': 795.857, 'text': "I want a new line, which I don't want to, but I'm gonna leave it like that, so we can see how it looks.", 'start': 789.533, 'duration': 6.324}, {'end': 799.799, 'text': "And it's gonna save it on a folder named dist.", 'start': 797.198, 'duration': 2.601}], 'summary': "Css files will be minified, with a max line length of 80 characters, and saved in a 'dist' folder.", 'duration': 33.39, 'max_score': 766.409, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko766409.jpg'}], 'start': 541.497, 'title': 'Sas file processing function and gulp for css compilation', 'summary': 'Explains a function for processing sas files using a wildcard, enabling efficient processing and error detection. it also covers using gulp to compile sass files to css and creating a minified css file, resulting in improved website performance.', 'chapters': [{'end': 599.143, 'start': 541.497, 'title': 'Sas file processing function', 'summary': 'Explains a function for processing sas files using a wildcard to select all files in a specified folder, enabling efficient processing and error detection.', 'duration': 57.646, 'highlights': ['The function is designed to process SAS files using a wildcard to select all files in a specified folder, providing flexibility and efficiency in file processing.', 'The use of a wildcard allows for the selection of all SAS files in the designated folder, streamlining the processing of all relevant files for increased efficiency.', 'In case of errors during processing, the function includes error detection and notification to alert the user for prompt resolution.']}, {'end': 901.161, 'start': 600.123, 'title': 'Gulp for css compilation and minification', 'summary': 'Explains using gulp to compile sass files to css and creating a minified css file, resulting in a new css folder and a minified css file in a dist folder, enhancing website performance.', 'duration': 301.038, 'highlights': ['Using Gulp to compile Sass files to CSS and creating a new CSS folder Gulp is used to compile Sass files into CSS, resulting in the creation of a new CSS folder, simplifying the development process.', 'Creating a minified CSS file in a dist folder for website optimization The process involves creating a minified CSS file in a dist folder, improving website performance and enabling faster loading times.', 'Demonstrating the impact of max line length option on CSS file The speaker showcases the impact of the max line length option on the CSS file, emphasizing the importance of optimizing the code for website usage.']}], 'duration': 359.664, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko541497.jpg', 'highlights': ['The function is designed to process SAS files using a wildcard to select all files in a specified folder, providing flexibility and efficiency in file processing.', 'Using Gulp to compile Sass files to CSS and creating a new CSS folder Gulp is used to compile Sass files into CSS, resulting in the creation of a new CSS folder, simplifying the development process.', 'The use of a wildcard allows for the selection of all SAS files in the designated folder, streamlining the processing of all relevant files for increased efficiency.', 'Creating a minified CSS file in a dist folder for website optimization The process involves creating a minified CSS file in a dist folder, improving website performance and enabling faster loading times.', 'In case of errors during processing, the function includes error detection and notification to alert the user for prompt resolution.', 'Demonstrating the impact of max line length option on CSS file The speaker showcases the impact of the max line length option on the CSS file, emphasizing the importance of optimizing the code for website usage.']}, {'end': 1270.406, 'segs': [{'end': 1026.998, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 938.76, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 942.222, 'text': "I don't have to go here and type the task.", 'start': 938.76, 'duration': 3.462}, {'end': 949.265, 'text': "So let's go to gulp file.js and let's add some stuff.", 'start': 944.223, 'duration': 5.042}, {'end': 955.628, 'text': "So I'm going to get our new task, gulp.task.", 'start': 949.425, 'duration': 6.203}, {'end': 963.632, 'text': "And this is gonna be called whatever I want, but I'm gonna call it run.", 'start': 960.05, 'duration': 3.582}, {'end': 972.674, 'text': "and it's going to run my SAS task and my CSS task.", 'start': 965.851, 'duration': 6.823}, {'end': 975.955, 'text': "Right? That's cool.", 'start': 974.515, 'duration': 1.44}, {'end': 980.838, 'text': 'But now I want to go a little bit further.', 'start': 976.556, 'duration': 4.282}, {'end': 983.059, 'text': "So I'm going to write another task.", 'start': 981.498, 'duration': 1.561}, {'end': 990.362, 'text': 'And this one is going to be called watch.', 'start': 988.181, 'duration': 2.181}, {'end': 996.762, 'text': "And we're going to run a function for this one.", 'start': 995, 'duration': 1.762}, {'end': 1004.711, 'text': 'All right, and this is the one that I like.', 'start': 1002.769, 'duration': 1.942}, {'end': 1010.678, 'text': 'This is the one that is going to do everything for you automatically without touching the command line.', 'start': 1004.751, 'duration': 5.927}, {'end': 1015.103, 'text': "So we're going to do gulp watch.", 'start': 1012.199, 'duration': 2.904}, {'end': 1023.197, 'text': 'and the files that we want to watch every time I change my SAS file.', 'start': 1018.436, 'duration': 4.761}, {'end': 1026.998, 'text': "So let's go in SAS.", 'start': 1023.737, 'duration': 3.261}], 'summary': "Adding new tasks 'run' and 'watch' in gulp file.js to automate processes.", 'duration': 88.238, 'max_score': 938.76, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko938760.jpg'}, {'end': 1159.776, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 1094.74, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1105.286, 'text': "Now I'm gonna do, I'm gonna run my run task and my watch task.", 'start': 1094.74, 'duration': 10.546}, {'end': 1114.063, 'text': 'So when I say default is gulp.', 'start': 1110.342, 'duration': 3.721}, {'end': 1124.366, 'text': "So if I write gulp, it's gonna give you an error right now because we don't have it yet.", 'start': 1115.644, 'duration': 8.722}, {'end': 1129.948, 'text': "But we created, so let's save this file.", 'start': 1126.747, 'duration': 3.201}, {'end': 1134.269, 'text': "And now let's see if it works.", 'start': 1132.829, 'duration': 1.44}, {'end': 1135.53, 'text': "So let's go gulp.", 'start': 1134.35, 'duration': 1.18}, {'end': 1139.037, 'text': 'Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.', 'start': 1137.735, 'duration': 1.302}, {'end': 1143.12, 'text': 'We need a coma after the task name, coma.', 'start': 1139.577, 'duration': 3.543}, {'end': 1144.922, 'text': 'Save it again.', 'start': 1144.302, 'duration': 0.62}, {'end': 1147.485, 'text': "Let's clear this.", 'start': 1144.942, 'duration': 2.543}, {'end': 1153.39, 'text': 'Gulp And there you go.', 'start': 1150.087, 'duration': 3.303}, {'end': 1154.731, 'text': 'So everything runs.', 'start': 1153.69, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 1159.776, 'text': "And now it's kind of washing our file.", 'start': 1155.572, 'duration': 4.204}], 'summary': 'Executing run and watch tasks using gulp successfully.', 'duration': 52.745, 'max_score': 1094.74, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko1094740.jpg'}, {'end': 1270.406, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1250.113, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 1252.795, 'text': 'We can run prefixes.', 'start': 1250.113, 'duration': 2.682}, {'end': 1255.237, 'text': 'We can do JavaScript minify, too.', 'start': 1252.915, 'duration': 2.322}, {'end': 1256.617, 'text': 'We can do Babel.', 'start': 1255.657, 'duration': 0.96}, {'end': 1261.04, 'text': 'So you can do a ton of things with Gulp.', 'start': 1257.558, 'duration': 3.482}, {'end': 1267.184, 'text': 'This is only the basics with a SAS file, compile, and stuff like that.', 'start': 1261.58, 'duration': 5.604}, {'end': 1269.485, 'text': 'So I hope you like this.', 'start': 1268.485, 'duration': 1}, {'end': 1270.406, 'text': "That's it.", 'start': 1270.046, 'duration': 0.36}], 'summary': "Gulp offers various functions like prefixing, javascript minification, and babel, making it versatile for web development. it's capable of handling tasks such as compiling sas files.", 'duration': 20.293, 'max_score': 1250.113, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko1250113.jpg'}], 'start': 902.142, 'title': 'Automating workflow with gulp and sas', 'summary': 'Covers automating gulp tasks for sass and css, executing gulp tasks, emphasizing file watching, and enhancing developer workflow, with potential for complex tasks like javascript manipulation.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1089.777, 'start': 902.142, 'title': 'Automating gulp tasks for sass and css', 'summary': 'Discusses automating gulp tasks for sass and css, including creating tasks for running sass and css, setting up a watch function to automate changes, and defining a default task.', 'duration': 187.635, 'highlights': ['Setting up a watch function to automate changes without using the command line The watch function is designed to automatically run tasks without the need to use the command line, providing seamless automation for changes in Sass and CSS files.', 'Creating tasks for running Sass and CSS Tasks are defined to run both Sass and CSS, ensuring that changes in the respective files trigger the corresponding tasks for automatic updates.', 'Defining a default task for Gulp A default task is created to streamline the process by specifying the tasks that need to be executed, providing a convenient default setup for Gulp.']}, {'end': 1186.509, 'start': 1094.74, 'title': 'Gulp task execution and file watching', 'summary': 'Details the process of running gulp tasks, with an emphasis on the watch task, which automatically re-runs tasks upon file changes, ultimately enhancing developer workflow.', 'duration': 91.769, 'highlights': ["The gulp default task is executed using the command 'gulp', triggering an error if the task is not yet defined.", 'The watch task in gulp monitors file changes and automatically re-executes tasks, improving efficiency and developer experience.', 'Exiting the watch state in gulp is achieved by pressing Control C, returning to the normal state of operation.']}, {'end': 1270.406, 'start': 1187.29, 'title': 'Automated workflow with gulp and sas', 'summary': 'Discusses an automated workflow with gulp and sas, demonstrating how saving a sas file triggers its compilation to css, minification, and file watching, with the potential for more complex tasks such as javascript manipulation.', 'duration': 83.116, 'highlights': ['Gulp automates the workflow by compiling SAS files to CSS, minifying CSS, and watching files, simplifying the development process.', 'Saving a SAS file triggers the compilation process, demonstrating the automated nature of the workflow.', 'The potential for complexity is highlighted, as Gulp can handle additional tasks such as JavaScript manipulation, running prefixes, JavaScript minification, and Babel integration.']}], 'duration': 368.264, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LYbt50dhTko/pics/LYbt50dhTko902142.jpg', 'highlights': ['Gulp automates workflow by compiling SAS files to CSS, minifying CSS, and watching files', 'Setting up a watch function to automate changes without using the command line', 'Creating tasks for running Sass and CSS', 'The watch task in gulp monitors file changes and automatically re-executes tasks', 'Defining a default task for Gulp', 'The potential for complexity is highlighted, as Gulp can handle additional tasks such as JavaScript manipulation, running prefixes, JavaScript minification, and Babel integration']}], 'highlights': ['Gulp automates workflow by compiling SAS files to CSS, minifying CSS, and watching files', 'The function is designed to process SAS files using a wildcard to select all files in a specified folder, providing flexibility and efficiency in file processing.', 'Creating a minified CSS file in a dist folder for website optimization The process involves creating a minified CSS file in a dist folder, improving website performance and enabling faster loading times.', 'The use of a wildcard allows for the selection of all SAS files in the designated folder, streamlining the processing of all relevant files for increased efficiency.', 'Gulp automates the compilation and minification of SAS code into a CSS file upon file saving, saving time and effort.', 'Gulp automates tasks when editing and saving files, emphasizing its efficiency in managing website development.', "Initializing the project with 'npm init' to create a file containing project details such as package name, ensuring the project is properly described and set up.", 'Installing Gulp and verifying installation The process involves copying a command to install Gulp, followed by verifying the installation and checking the added packages and their versions.', "Setting up Gulp file to compile SAS files to CSS The chapter explains the process of adding the 'gulp-sass' package to compile SAS files to CSS, copying the installation command, and adding the required code in the Gulp file.", "Explanation of Gulp tasks and package usage The speaker discusses the importance of the Gulp file, introduces the concept of tasks, and explains the process of adding packages like 'gulp-sass' for specific functionalities like compiling SAS files to CSS.", "Navigating to the project folder and checking its contents using 'ls' and 'pwd' commands to verify the location and contents, ensuring correct navigation and directory.", 'Gulp is introduced as a tool for file compilation, saving, retrieval, and conversion.', 'Node.js is required for the installation of Gulp.', 'Instructions for installing Gulp CLI and handling permission errors are provided.', 'The watch task in gulp monitors file changes and automatically re-executes tasks', 'Defining a default task for Gulp', 'The potential for complexity is highlighted, as Gulp can handle additional tasks such as JavaScript manipulation, running prefixes, JavaScript minification, and Babel integration', 'In case of errors during processing, the function includes error detection and notification to alert the user for prompt resolution.', 'Demonstrating the impact of max line length option on CSS file The speaker showcases the impact of the max line length option on the CSS file, emphasizing the importance of optimizing the code for website usage.']}