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The gulp-less package is a Gulp plugin that allows you to compile LESS files into CSS. It integrates seamlessly with Gulp's streaming build system, enabling you to automate the process of converting LESS to CSS as part of your build pipeline.
Basic LESS Compilation
This feature allows you to compile LESS files into CSS. The code sample demonstrates a basic Gulp task that reads LESS files from the 'src/less' directory, compiles them into CSS, and writes the output to the 'dist/css' directory.
const gulp = require('gulp');
const less = require('gulp-less');
gulp.task('less', function () {
return gulp.src('./src/less/**/*.less')
.pipe(less())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/css'));
});
Source Maps
This feature allows you to generate source maps for your compiled CSS files. The code sample shows how to initialize source maps before compiling LESS files and then write the source maps to a 'maps' directory.
const gulp = require('gulp');
const less = require('gulp-less');
const sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
gulp.task('less', function () {
return gulp.src('./src/less/**/*.less')
.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
.pipe(less())
.pipe(sourcemaps.write('./maps'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/css'));
});
Error Handling
This feature allows you to handle errors gracefully during the LESS compilation process. The code sample demonstrates the use of the 'gulp-plumber' package to prevent Gulp from crashing on errors.
const gulp = require('gulp');
const less = require('gulp-less');
const plumber = require('gulp-plumber');
gulp.task('less', function () {
return gulp.src('./src/less/**/*.less')
.pipe(plumber())
.pipe(less())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/css'));
});
The gulp-sass package is a Gulp plugin for compiling Sass/SCSS files into CSS. It offers similar functionality to gulp-less but is used for Sass/SCSS instead of LESS. It also supports source maps and error handling.
The gulp-stylus package is a Gulp plugin for compiling Stylus files into CSS. Like gulp-less, it integrates with Gulp to automate the build process, but it is designed for Stylus instead of LESS.
The gulp-postcss package is a Gulp plugin for transforming CSS with JavaScript plugins. It can be used to process CSS files generated from various preprocessors, including LESS, Sass, and Stylus, offering a more flexible and extensible approach.
A LESS plugin for Gulp
Package | gulp-less |
Description | Less plugin for gulp |
Node Version | >= 0.10 |
Less Version | >= 2.x |
Gulp Version | 3.x |
npm install gulp-less
var less = require('gulp-less');
var path = require('path');
gulp.task('less', function () {
return gulp.src('./less/**/*.less')
.pipe(less({
paths: [ path.join(__dirname, 'less', 'includes') ]
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./public/css'));
});
The options you can use can be found here. Below is a list of valid options as of the time of writing:
paths
: Array of paths to be used for @import
directivesplugins
: Array of less plugins (details)The filename
option is not necessary, it's handled automatically by this plugin. The compress
option is not supported -- if you are trying to minify your css, use a css minifier. No sourceMap
options are supported -- if you are trying to generate sourcemaps, use gulp-sourcemaps.
Less now supports plugins, which can add additional functionality. Here's an example of how to use a plugin with gulp-less
.
var LessAutoprefix = require('less-plugin-autoprefix');
var autoprefix = new LessAutoprefix({ browsers: ['last 2 versions'] });
return gulp.src('./less/**/*.less')
.pipe(less({
plugins: [autoprefix]
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./public/css'));
More info on LESS plugins can be found at http://lesscss.org/usage/#plugins, including a current list of all available plugins.
gulp-less
can be used in tandem with gulp-sourcemaps to generate source maps for your files. You will need to initialize gulp-sourcemaps prior to running the gulp-less compiler and write the source maps after, as such:
var sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
gulp.src('./less/**/*.less')
.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
.pipe(less())
.pipe(sourcemaps.write())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./public/css'));
By default, gulp-sourcemaps writes the source maps inline in the compiled CSS files. To write them to a separate file, specify a relative file path in the sourcemaps.write()
function, as such:
var sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
gulp.src('./less/**/*.less')
.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
.pipe(less())
.pipe(sourcemaps.write('./maps'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./public/css'));
By default, a gulp task will fail and all streams will halt when an error happens. To change this behavior check out the error handling documentation here
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FAQs
Less for Gulp
The npm package gulp-less receives a total of 96,521 weekly downloads. As such, gulp-less popularity was classified as popular.
We found that gulp-less demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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