Gulp workflow

gulp.sh

# if gulp CLI is not installed
npm i -g gulp-cli

# gulp package
npm i -D gulp @types/gulp

# TypeScript prerequisites
# ts-node is required for gulpfile.ts
npm i -D typescript ts-node

# necessary plugins
# Uglify plugin doesn't come with types built-in
# same for Rename, Concat plugins
npm i -D gulp-typescript \
gulp-uglify @types/gulp-uglify \
gulp-rename @types/gulp-rename \
gulp-concat @types/gulp-concat \
gulp-append-prepend \
gulp-autoprefixer @types/gulp-autoprefixer \
gulp-inject @types/gulp-inject && \
touch gulpfile.ts && \
code guplfile.ts

# browserify - plugin not maintained, needs direct integration
# vinyl buffer is needed to create a transform stream
npm i -D browserify @types/browserify \
vinyl-buffer @types/vinyl-buffer \
vinyl-source-stream @types/vinyl-source-stream

# gulp-clean is deprecated, use 'del' package
npm i -D del