Is there a way to specify a gulp task depending on the NODE_ENV
that is set?
For example in my package.json
file, I have something like:
"scripts": {
"start": "gulp"
}
And I have multiple gulp
tasks
gulp.task('development', function () {
// run dev related tasks like watch
});
gulp.task('production', function () {
// run prod related tasks
});
If I set NODE_ENV=production npm start
, can I specify to only run gulp production
? Or is there a better way to do this?
Using a single ternary in your default gulp task, you can have something like:
gulp.task('default',
[process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'production' : 'development']
);
You will then be able to keep the single gulp
command in your package.json
and using this like you said:
NODE_ENV=production npm start
Any other value of your NODE_ENV
variable will launch the development
task.
You could of course do an advanced usage using an object allowing for multiple tasks and avoiding if
trees hell:
var tasks = {
development: 'development',
production: ['git', 'build', 'publish'],
preprod: ['build:preprod', 'publish:preprod'],
...
}
gulp.task('default', tasks[process.env.NODE_ENV] || 'fallback')
Keep in mind that when giving an array of tasks, they will be run in parallel.
Have your first gulp task run other gulp tasks based on the process.env.NODE_ENV
value.
gulp.task('launcher', function(){
switch (process.env.NODE_ENV){
case 'development':
// Run dev tasks from here
break;
case 'production':
// Run prod tasks
break;
}
});
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