dhruvr · February 21, 2017 13:56 · Dec 2, 2013 · Dec 2, 2013 · Dec 2, 2013 · Dec 2, 2013
diff --git a/Gulpfile.js b/Gulpfile.js
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ gulp.task('default', function() {
 
 // clean up if an error goes unhandled.
 process.on('exit', function() {
-    node.kill()
+    if (node) node.kill()
 })
diff --git a/Gulpfile.js b/Gulpfile.js
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ gulp.task('default', function() {
 
 // clean up if an error goes unhandled.
 process.on('exit', function() {
-    node.exit
+    node.kill()
 })
diff --git a/Gulpfile.js b/Gulpfile.js
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ gulp.task('default', function() {
   // no more messing around with grunt-concurrent or the like. Gulp is
   // async by default.
 })
+
+// clean up if an error goes unhandled.
+process.on('exit', function() {
+    node.exit
+})
diff --git a/Gulpfile.js b/Gulpfile.js
@@ -29,4 +29,8 @@ gulp.task('default', function() {
   gulp.watch(['./index.js', './lib/**/*.js'], function() {
     gulp.run('server')
   })
+
+  // Need to watch for sass changes too? Just add another watch call!
+  // no more messing around with grunt-concurrent or the like. Gulp is
+  // async by default.
 })
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-// NOTE: There are much better tools out there like nodemon that will do this for you.
-// I don't use this anymore (it had some issues), but I'm leaving it here for reference.
-
-var app = null
-
-module.exports = function(grunt) {
-
-  grunt.initConfig({
-    watch: {
-      js: {
-        files: ['**/*.js', '!Gruntfile.js', '!node_modules/**/*'], // add/remove where needed
-        tasks: ['server'],
-        options: {
-          // important! Allows you to use globals
-          // without it the task will be launched in it's own context
-          nospawn: true 
-        }
-      }
-    },
-  })
-
-  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch')
-
-  grunt.registerTask('server', 'Start my server.', function() {
-    if (app) app.kill();
-    app = grunt.util.spawn({
-      cmd: 'npm', args: ['start'], // can use "node server/index/whatever" here as well
-      opts: {stdio: 'inherit'}
-    });
-  })
-
-  grunt.registerTask('default', ['server','watch'])
-}

diff --git a/Gulpfile.js b/Gulpfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// NOTE: I previously suggested doing this through Grunt, but had plenty of problems with
+// my set up. Grunt did some weird things with scope, and I ended up using nodemon. This
+// setup is now using Gulp. It works exactly how I expect it to and is WAY more concise.
+var gulp = require('gulp'),
+    spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
+    node;
+
+/**
+ * $ gulp server
+ * description: launch the server. If there's a server already running, kill it.
+ */
+gulp.task('server', function() {
+  if (node) node.kill()
+  node = spawn('node', ['index.js'], {stdio: 'inherit'})
+  node.on('close', function (code) {
+    if (code === 8) {
+      gulp.log('Error detected, waiting for changes...');
+    }
+  });
+})
+
+/**
+ * $ gulp
+ * description: start the development environment
+ */
+gulp.task('default', function() {
+  gulp.run('server')
+
+  gulp.watch(['./index.js', './lib/**/*.js'], function() {
+    gulp.run('server')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// NOTE: There are much better tools out there like nodemon to do this for you.
+// NOTE: There are much better tools out there like nodemon that will do this for you.
 // I don't use this anymore (it had some issues), but I'm leaving it here for reference.
 
 var app = null

diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// NOTE: There are much better tools out there like nodemon to do this for you.
+// I don't use this anymore (it had some issues), but I'm leaving it here for reference.
+
 var app = null
 
 module.exports = function(grunt) {

diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
   grunt.registerTask('server', 'Start my server.', function() {
     if (app) app.kill();
-    app = grunt.util.spawn({ cmd: 'npm', args: ['start'], opts: {stdio: 'inherit'} });
+    app = grunt.util.spawn({
+      cmd: 'npm', args: ['start'], // can use "node server/index/whatever" here as well
+      opts: {stdio: 'inherit'}
+    });
   })
 
   grunt.registerTask('default', ['server','watch'])

diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
   grunt.registerTask('server', 'Start my server.', function() {
     if (app) app.kill();
-    app = grunt.util.spawn({ cmd: 'npm', args: ['start'] });
+    app = grunt.util.spawn({ cmd: 'npm', args: ['start'], opts: {stdio: 'inherit'} });
   })
 
   grunt.registerTask('default', ['server','watch'])

diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-
 var app = null
 
 module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
   grunt.initConfig({
     watch: {
       js: {
-        files: ['**/*.js', '!Gruntfile.js', '!node_modules/**/*'],
+        files: ['**/*.js', '!Gruntfile.js', '!node_modules/**/*'], // add/remove where needed
         tasks: ['server'],
         options: {
           // important! Allows you to use globals

diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+var app = null
+
+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+
+  grunt.initConfig({
+    watch: {
+      js: {
+        files: ['**/*.js', '!Gruntfile.js', '!node_modules/**/*'],
+        tasks: ['server'],
+        options: {
+          // important! Allows you to use globals
+          // without it the task will be launched in it's own context
+          nospawn: true 
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  })
+
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch')
+
+  grunt.registerTask('server', 'Start my server.', function() {
+    if (app) app.kill();
+    app = grunt.util.spawn({ cmd: 'npm', args: ['start'] });
+  })
+
+  grunt.registerTask('default', ['server','watch'])
+}
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