Using browser-sync with node.js app

Question

I have an existing node app. My Node directory structure is setup like this:

./
  node_modules/
  src/
    views/
      index.html
      ...
    server.js
           


        

Answer 1

You already have a node server so i think what you need is Proxy. And i would also suggest you to use nodemon for going one step ahead in your speed up development thing. It will automatically restart your node development server in case of any changes. So a sample gulpfile in your case(with nodemon) might look like

var gulp = require('gulp');
var browserSync = require('browser-sync');
var reload = browserSync.reload;
var nodemon = require('gulp-nodemon');


gulp.task('browser-sync', ['nodemon'], function() {
    browserSync.init(null, {
        proxy: "http://localhost:3700", // port of node server
    });
});

gulp.task('default', ['browser-sync'], function () {
    gulp.watch(["./src/views/*.html"], reload);
});

gulp.task('nodemon', function (cb) {
    var callbackCalled = false;
    return nodemon({script: './src/server.js'}).on('start', function () {
        if (!callbackCalled) {
            callbackCalled = true;
            cb();
        }
    });
});

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