tasks.json

// Available variables which can be used inside of strings.
// ${workspaceRoot}: the root folder of the team
// ${file}: the current opened file
// ${fileBasename}: the current opened file's basename
// ${fileDirname}: the current opened file's dirname
// ${fileExtname}: the current opened file's extension
// ${cwd}: the current working directory of the spawned process

{
	"version": "0.1.0",
	"command": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/babel",
	"isShellCommand": true,
	"tasks": [
		{
			"args": ["./gulpfile.babel.js", "--out-file", "./gulpfile.js", "-w"],
			"taskName": "watch",
			"suppressTaskName": true,
			"isBuildCommand": true, // make this the F1 > Task: Run Build Task gesture
			"isWatching": true // tell VS Code not wait for this task to finish
		}
	]
}