Gulpfile, coffeescript live reload server and all output to stdout, stderr

gistfile1.txt

var
    spawn       = require('child_process').spawn,
    fs          = require('fs'),
    gulp        = require('gulp'),
    watch       = require('gulp-watch');

var SERVER_SRC = './server/'

var paths = {
    server: [SERVER_SRC+'*', SERVER_SRC+'**/*']
}

gulp.task('server-dev', [], function(){
  var p;
  var server = function(){
    if(p) p.kill();

    var envString = function(file){
      return fs.readFileSync(process.env.credentialsDir+file+'.json').toString().replace(/ /g, '');
    }

    var envVars = ['auth0', 'cloudant'];

    envVars.map(function(v){
      process.env[v] = envString(v);
    });

    p = spawn('coffee', [SERVER_SRC+'server.coffee'], {env: process.env});

    var events = ['data', 'error', 'exit', 'close', 'disconnect', 'message'];

    var stream = function(type, event, data){
      console.log('('+type+') Server event: '+event+'\nOutput from server: \n' + data+'\n');       
    }

    events.map(function(event){
      p.stdout.on(event, function(data){
        stream('stdout', event, data);
      });

      p.stderr.on(event, function(data){
        stream('stderr', event, data);
      });
    });
  }

  server();
  gulp.watch(paths.server, function(){
    console.log('restarting server...');
    server();
  });
});