![]() ![]() nvm allows you to switch between versions of Node.js on your system which is very useful if you end up working on a legacy project with packages that haven’t been updated to work with the latest version of Node.js. If you’re getting Node.js installed now may be a good time to take a look at installing Node Version Manager ( nvm) as well. If you don’t have them installed go ahead and install Node.js and it should take care of it all. node -versionĮach of these commands should return something along the lines of 10.15.1 depending on the version you have. Pop open your terminal and run the following commands. If you’re not sure you have those installed it is easy enough to check. Installing Node.jsīefore getting Gulp installed you’ll need Node.js, npm, and npx installed. But you can do anything you’d like with vanilla JavaScript and Node modules inside your gulpfile which we’ll touch on in a bit.įirst we need to get Gulp installed. In addition to actions like compiling SASS, you can compile modern JavaScript into browser-compatible JavaScript with Babel, minify and concatenate files, run tests, refresh your browser when files are changed, and much more.Ī lot of these actions are performed by the large library of plugins available for Gulp. Gulp is a JavaScript based task-runner built on Node.js for automating development workflows. This is article is going to focus on using Gulp to handle the task-running and compiling of your development workflow. You have CodeKit for a more user focused interface, Webpack is the new hotness taking over the world, and Grunt is the old standard. The number of design and development tools we have at our disposal grows with every passing month.If you’re looking to get started using SASS and modern JavaScript in your WordPress projects, be it theme or plugin, you’re going to need to something to handle the compiling. Nonetheless, some of us are quite comfortable with our current tools and a workflow that may no longer be as hip as it once was.įor example, whilst others dive into PostCSS or Gulp, I’m still enjoying CodeKit as my go to app for personal projects projects that I work on without other developers involved. CodeKit ships with a number of tools like JSHint, Uglify, Bower, Autoprefixer, and the usual CSS-Processor compilers. All of this was sufficient and served me well. Until, that is, I needed to use RTLCSS, which is not part of CodeKit by default. In this quick tip I’ll show you how to use CodeKit Hooks in order to extend CodeKit and add extra tools to your workflow. RTLCSS makes flipping CSS for a Right-to-Left writing system, like Arabic script, a breeze. It is available for Gulp, Grunt, PostCSS in the form of a plugin, and a CLI (Command Line Interface). The last option there opens up the possibility of integrating it with CodeKit through Hooks.Ībove you’ll see an example of Arabic script written from right to left with two different fonts from Google Web Fonts. Note: We’re working with RTLCSS in this example, but the principle can be used for many other tools. Hooks have been available to use since CodeKit 2, yet many people aren’t aware this feature exists, leaving it massively underused. Hooks allow us to run scripts–AppleScript or Shell (bash) scripts–every time CodeKit compiles files in a project. CodeKit also exposes two variables which can be used within such scripts within Hooks.CK_INPUT_PATHS: List of the sources of the compiled file including the imported ones. ![]() ![]() CK_OUTPUT_PATHS: List of the compiled files’ paths.To begin with, we will need the rtlcss command installed. ![]()
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