Config example for: Gulp + Livereload + Nodemon + DNX (ASP.NET)

gulpfile.js

'use strict';
var gulp = require("gulp"),
  rimraf = require("rimraf"),
  concat = require("gulp-concat"),
  cssmin = require("gulp-cssmin"),
  uglify = require("gulp-uglify"),
  project = require("./project.json"),
  livereload = require('gulp-livereload'),
  nodemon = require('nodemon');

var paths = {
  webroot: "./" + project.webroot + "/"
};

paths.js = paths.webroot + "js/**/*.js";
paths.minJs = paths.webroot + "js/**/*.min.js";
paths.css = paths.webroot + "css/**/*.css";
paths.minCss = paths.webroot + "css/**/*.min.css";
paths.concatJsDest = paths.webroot + "js/site.min.js";
paths.concatCssDest = paths.webroot + "css/site.min.css";
paths.views = './Views/**/*';
paths.cs = './Controllers/**/*';

gulp.task("clean:js", function(cb) {
  rimraf(paths.concatJsDest, cb);
});

gulp.task("clean:css", function(cb) {
  rimraf(paths.concatCssDest, cb);
});


gulp.task("min:js", function() {
  gulp.src([paths.js, "!" + paths.minJs], {
      base: "."
    })
    .pipe(concat(paths.concatJsDest))
    .pipe(uglify())
    .pipe(gulp.dest("."))
    .pipe(livereload());
});



gulp.task("min:css", function() {
  gulp.src([paths.css, "!" + paths.minCss])
    .pipe(concat(paths.concatCssDest))
    .pipe(cssmin())
    .pipe(gulp.dest("."))
    .pipe(livereload());
});


gulp.task("watch", function () {
    gulp.watch(paths.views, function () {
        livereload.reload();
    });
    gulp.watch(paths.js, ["scripts"]);
    gulp.watch(paths.css, ["styles"]);
});

// Run the web server and restart on any changes
gulp.task('daemon', function () {
    
    livereload.listen()

    nodemon({
        watch: "controllers",
        ext: "cs",
        exec: 'dnx web',
        stdout: false
    }).on('readable', function () {

        this.stdout.on('data', function (chunk) {

            livereload.reload();
            process.stdout.write(chunk);
        })
    })
      
});

gulp.task("scripts", ["clean:js", "min:js"]);
gulp.task("styles", ["clean:css", "min:css"]);
gulp.task("default", ["scripts", "styles"]);
gulp.task("serve", ["scripts", "styles", "watch", "daemon"]);