gulp-lazy-task

gulp-lazy-task - lazy gulp task loader

1. place your tasks in external files
2. write in gulpfile just paths and configurations
3. you task will be required only when task will be started
4. load gulp plugins in you task just by getter: this.util or this.sourceMaps no more require.
5. automatic add gulp-plumber in pipe (error no more crash node)

Usage in gulpfile.js

var task = require('gulp-lazy-task')('./tasks');

task('ololo', {param:11})

in file './tasks/' + taskName + '.js'

module.exports = function (options, callback) {
  options // {param: 11}
  this.gulp // gulp
  this.util // gulp-util plugin
  this // gulp-load-plugins

  // his read you package.json file and create getters on "this"
  // you no longer need to call require()
  // to load gulp plugin like "gulp-source-maps" just white this.sourceMaps
  // and anjoy =)
}

example:

in gulpfile.js :

var task = require('gulp-lazy-task')('./tasks');

task('babel', {
  src:['./src/**/*.js'],
  dest: './build/'
})

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in './tasks/babel.js' :

module.exports = function (options) {
  return this.gulp.src(options.src)
  .pipe(this.babel())
  .pipe(this.gulp.dest(options.dest))
}

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in package.json :

{
  "dependencies": {
    "gulp-babel": "*"
  }
}

P.S. to support coffee-script tasks just use or gulpfile.coffee, or in head of gulpfile.js write require('coffee-script/register')

enjoy ;)