bluemix boilerplate

gulpfile.js

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



// browser-sync task for starting the server.
// this task will start a static server from the root directory
gulp.task('browser-sync', function() {
    browserSync({
        server: {
            baseDir: "./"
        }
    });
});
// Sass task, will run when any SCSS files change & BrowserSync
// will auto-update browsers
gulp.task('sass', function () {
    return gulp.src('scss/**/*.scss')
        .pipe(plumber())
        .pipe(sass())
        .pipe(gulp.dest('public/css'))
        .pipe(reload({stream:true}));
});

gulp.task('bs-reload', function () {
    browserSync.reload();
})

// Default task to be run with `gulp`
gulp.task('default', ['sass', 'browser-sync'], function () {
    gulp.watch("scss/**/*.scss", ['sass']);
    gulp.watch("*.html", ['bs-reload'])
});

package.json

{
  "name": "bluemix-boilerplate",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "boilerplate for websites using node, express and gulp",
  "main": "server.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "gulp",
    "node",
    "boilerplate"
  ],
  "author": "Brian Han @thisisbrianhan",
  "license": "MIT",
  "devDependencies": {
    "browser-sync": "^1.9.0",
    "gulp": "^3.8.10",
    "gulp-autoprefixer": "^2.0.0",
    "gulp-plumber": "^0.6.6",
    "gulp-sass": "^1.1.0",
    "gulp-webserver": "^0.8.7"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.10.7"
  }
}

server.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/', { extensions: ['html'] }));

var router = express.Router();

router.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.sendFile('index.html');
})

router.get('/about', function(req, res) {
  res.sendFile('about.html');
});

// 
var host = (process.env.VCAP_APP_HOST || 'localhost');
var port = (process.env.VCAP_APP_PORT || 3000);

app.listen(port, host);
console.log('App started on port ' + port)