First, you must download and install node.js. NPM stands for node packaged modules and is a way to manage development dependencies through Node.js.
Download the Node.js source code or a pre-built installer for your platform, and start developing, you can download it from nodejs.org
You can check it in your terminal window using these commands node --version
and npm --version
.
GulpJS is a JavaScipt task runner. In one word: automation. The less work you have to do when performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc...
Modern Build System use the gulp task to generate the different templates.
From the command line:
- Install gulp globally with
npm install gulp-cli -g
- To install node packages, navigate to the root
modern-admin/
directory. Then runnpm install
. NPM use thepackage.json
file and automatically install the required local dependencies listed in it.
gulpfile.js
file contain all the predefined task. Below template contain all the gulp task and usage.
You can modify or add your task in gulpfile.js
file.
Command | Description |
---|---|
gulp |
Clean css folder, compile all scss files, auto prefix them, organize them and finally minify them in app-assets/css folder. And clean js folder from app-assets, copy js files from src folder and minify them. |
gulp dist-clean |
Clean js and css folders from app-assets. |
gulp dist-js |
Gulp task to clean js folder from app-assets, copy js files from src folder and minify them. |
gulp sass-compile |
Compile core, main(app), pages and plugins scss files. |
gulp dist-css |
Clean css folder, compile all scss files, auto prefix them, organize them and finally minify them in app-assets/css folder. |
gulp dist-css-rtl |
Clean css folder, compile all scss files, auto prefix them, organize them and finally minify them in app-assets/css-rtl folder. |
gulp monitor |
Watch all scss files change and compile it accordingly. In this command you need to pass the Layout, LayoutName & TextDirection. |
To generate material layout css use "--material=true" as parameater for above commands. i.e "gulp --material=true"