I have recently moved to using BrowserSync, I followed their gulp guide and tweaked a few things to solve some issues I was having, however now whilst it works, it appears to reload the page every time rather than inject the CSS.
My gulp file:
var gulp = require('gulp');
var browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();
var concat = require('gulp-concat');
var rename = require('gulp-rename');
var sass = require('gulp-sass');
var postcss = require('gulp-postcss');
var cleanCSS = require('gulp-clean-css');
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
var sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
var autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
gulp.task('scripts', function() {
return gulp.src([
'js/dev/main/**/*.js',
// We have to set the bootstrap lines separately as some need to go before others
'js/dev/bootstrap/alert.js',
'js/dev/bootstrap/collapse.js',
'js/dev/bootstrap/tooltip.js',
'js/dev/bootstrap/popover.js',
'js/dev/bootstrap/tab.js',
'js/dev/bootstrap/transition.js',
])
.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
.pipe(concat('scripts.js'))
.pipe(sourcemaps.write('../maps'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./js'));
});
gulp.task('uglify', ['scripts'], function() {
return gulp.src('js/scripts.js')
.pipe(rename({suffix: '.min'}))
.pipe(uglify({
mangle: false
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./js'));
});
// create a task that ensures the `uglify` task is complete before
// reloading browsers
gulp.task('js-watch', ['uglify'], function (done) {
browserSync.reload();
done();
});
/* Creates the standard version */
gulp.task('styles', function() {
return gulp.src('scss/**/*.scss')
.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
.pipe(sass().on('error', sass.logError))
.pipe(postcss([
autoprefixer({
browsers: [
'last 4 Chrome versions',
'last 4 Firefox versions',
'last 4 Edge versions',
'last 2 Safari versions',
'ie >= 10',
'> 1.49%',
'not ie <= 9'
],
cascade: false
}),
]))
.pipe(sourcemaps.write('../maps'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./css/'))
.pipe(browserSync.stream(({match: 'css/**/*.css'})));
});
/* Creates the minified version */
gulp.task('css-minify', ['styles'], function() {
return gulp.src('scss/**/*.scss')
.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
.pipe(sass({
outputStyle: 'compact' // Options: nested, expanded, compact, compressed
}).on('error', sass.logError))
.pipe(postcss([
autoprefixer({
browsers: [
'last 4 Chrome versions',
'last 4 Firefox versions',
'last 4 Edge versions',
'last 2 Safari versions',
'ie >= 10',
'> 1.49%',
'not ie <= 9'
],
cascade: false
}),
]))
.pipe(cleanCSS({
advanced: false,
aggressiveMerging: false
}))
.pipe(rename({suffix: '.min'}))
.pipe(sourcemaps.write('../maps'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./css/'));
});
gulp.task('browser-sync', function() {
browserSync.init({
open: 'external',
proxy: "bmmedia.dev",
host: 'bmmedia.dev',
// port: 5000,
browser: "chrome",
});
});
gulp.task('watch', ['browser-sync', 'js-watch', 'css-minify'], function() {
gulp.watch(['scss/**/*.scss', 'js/dev/**/*.js'], ['js-watch', 'css-minify']);
});
gulp.task('default', ['js-watch', 'css-minify']);
Notice my watch
task, this was the most recent change I did as I was having the problem specified here, and I solved it with this answer, however now whilst it works fine, it appears to only reload, rather than inject.
Is there something I can do to fix this?
Edit:
I just realized it was reloading every time because I was running js-watch
every time there was a change, even to .scss
files, so I changed it to this:
gulp.task('watch', ['browser-sync', 'js-watch', 'css-minify'], function() {
gulp.watch(['scss/**/*.scss'], ['css-minify']);
gulp.watch(['js/dev/**/*.js'], ['js-watch']);
});
However now it doesn't inject OR reload when a .scss
file changes.
I believe I have fixed it...
My watch
task I changed to:
gulp.task('watch', ['browser-sync'], function() {
gulp.watch(['scss/**/*.scss'], ['css-minify']);
gulp.watch(['js/dev/**/*.js'], ['js-watch']);
});
Then in my styles
task I changed this line:
.pipe(browserSync.stream(({match: 'css/**/*.css'})));
to:
.pipe(browserSync.stream());
Not sure why it wasn't finding the CSS changes, all I know is it now seems to work.