gulpfile.js used in conjunction with wGulp

gulpfile.js

// Initialize and use dependencies from "npm install"
var customizedOptions = {
        languages: ['javascript', 'typescript'],
        path: {
            docs: './report/docs/'
        },
        taskTree: {
            'karma': {
                include: ['express_start']
            },
            'test': ['preTest', 'karma', 'express_stop']
        }
};
var gulp = require('gulp'),
    wgulp = require('wGulp')(gulp, customizedOptions),
    bg = require('gulp-bg'),
    concat = require('gulp-concat'),
    insert = require('gulp-insert'),
    rename = require('gulp-rename'),
    shell = require('gulp-shell'),
    uglify = require('gulp-uglify'),
    pkg = require('./package.json');

// overrides existing 'dist'! bundles/mins all transpiled output in one file
gulp.task('dist', ['clean', 'build'], function() {
    return gulp.src(['build/src/SupportedMethods.js',
                     'build/src/annotation_upload_service.js',
                     'build/src/annotation_upload_util.js',
                     'build/src/Interfaces/*.js',
                     'build/src/Bundle/*.js',
                     'build/src/Task/Base.js',
                     'build/src/**/*.js'])
        .pipe(concat(pkg.name + '.js'))
        .pipe(insert.prepend('/** ' + pkg.name + ': ' + pkg.version + ' **/\n'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist'))
        .pipe(rename(pkg.name + '.min.js'))
        .pipe(uglify())
        .pipe(insert.prepend('function annotationLibVersion(){return "' + pkg.version + '"}'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist'));
});

// test data server
gulp.task('express_start', ['preTest'], bg('node', './test_backend/server.js'));
gulp.task('express_stop', ['express_start', 'karma'], shell.task(['./test_backend/server_stop.sh']));

// wipe all dependencies
gulp.task('nuclear', shell.task(['rm -r jspm_packages', 'rm -r node_modules']));

// pull down all jspm deps and load all typescript defs
gulp.task('setup', shell.task(['./node_modules/jspm/jspm.js dl-loader',
                               './node_modules/tsd/build/cli.js reinstall']));