Testing gulp. Posting code here for feedback.

gulpfile.js

var gulp = require('gulp');

var coffee = require('gulp-coffee');
var concat = require('gulp-concat');
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
var imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin');

var del = require('del');

var paths = {
  scripts: ['client/js/**/*.coffee', '!client/external/**/*.coffee'],
  images: 'client/img/**/*'
};

// Not all tasks need to use streams
// A gulpfile is just another node program and you can use all packages available on npm
gulp.task('clean', function(cb) {
  // You can use multiple globbing patterns as you would with `gulp.src`
  del(['build'], cb);
});

gulp.task('scripts', ['clean'], function() {
  // Minify and copy all JavaScript (except vendor scripts)
  return gulp.src(paths.scripts)
    .pipe(coffee())
    .pipe(uglify())
    .pipe(concat('all.min.js'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('build/js'));
});

// Copy all static images
gulp.task('images', ['clean'], function() {
  return gulp.src(paths.images)
    // Pass in options to the task
    .pipe(imagemin({optimizationLevel: 5}))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('build/img'));
});

// Rerun the task when a file changes
gulp.task('watch', function() {
  gulp.watch(paths.scripts, ['scripts']);
  gulp.watch(paths.images, ['images']);
});

// The default task (called when you run `gulp` from cli)
gulp.task('default', ['watch', 'scripts', 'images']);

package.json

{
  "name": "test",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "description": "...",
  "main": "gulpfile.js",
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "gulp": "~3",
    "gulp-coffee": "^2.0.1",
    "gulp-concat": "^2.2.0",
    "gulp-imagemin": "^0.6.1",
    "gulp-uglify": "^0.3.1",
    "del": "~0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "default": "gulp"
  }
}

Related issue:

• README example: Clarify the "clean" and "watch" tasks