task runner pt 3 gulp code snippets

basic-gulpfile.js

// 1 define the plugin imports
var gulp  = require('gulp'),
    gutil = require('gulp-util'),
    jshint = require('gulp-jshint');

/* 2 define the tasks, including the
 * default task, aka- no args when running 'gulp'
 */
gulp.task('default', ['jshint','watch']);

// note, order doesn't matter
gulp.task('jshint', function() {
  return gulp.src(['./NSF/WebContent/js/*.js'])
    .pipe(jshint({
        // any options for config of the jshint functionality
    }))
    .pipe(jshint.reporter('jshint-stylish'));
});

/* Watch these files for changes and run the task on update */
gulp.task('watch', function() {
  gulp.watch(input.javascript, ['jshint']);
});

expanded-gulpfile.js

/* File: gulpfile.js */

// grab our packages
var gulp      = require('gulp'),
  gutil       = require('gulp-util'),
  jshint      = require('gulp-jshint'),
  jsonServer  = require('gulp-json-srv'),
  server      = jsonServer.start({  // config the json-server instance
          data: 'db.json',
          id: 'unid',
          rewriteRules: {
            "/xsp/houses": "/houses",
            "/xsp/:houses/:id": "/:houses/:id",
            "/xsp/characters": "/characters",
            "/xsp/:characters/:id": "/:characters/:id"
          },
          deferredStart: true
        }),
  browserSync   = require('browser-sync').create();

// configure the jshint task
gulp.task('jshint', function() {
  return gulp.src(['./NSF/WebContent/js/*.js'])
    .pipe(jshint({
      '-W033': true, // mising semicolon
      '-W041': true, // use 'x' to compare with 'y'
      '-W004': true, // x already in use
      '-W014': true // bad line breaking before '||'
    }))
    .pipe(jshint.reporter('jshint-stylish'));
});

// configure which files to watch and what tasks to use on file changes
gulp.task('watch', function() {
  gulp.watch('./NSF/WebContent/js/*.js', ['jshint','browser-sync-reload']);
  gulp.watch(['db.json'], function(){ server.reload(); });
});

// starts the json-server instance
gulp.task('serverStart', function(){ server.start(); });

// reload the json-server instance, and its assets
gulp.task('serverReload', function(){ server.reload(); });

// loading browser-sync as a proxy, must load after json-server
gulp.task('browser-sync', function() {
    browserSync.init({
        proxy: "http://localhost:3000/",
        ui: {
          weinre: {
              port: 9090
          }
      }
    });
});

// reload browserSync
gulp.task('browser-sync-reload', function(){ browserSync.reload(); });

// define the default task and add the watch task to it
gulp.task('default', ['watch','serverStart','browser-sync']);