Create static files from Jade, Markdown & Less then serve them and livereload via a Gulp workflow

gulpfile.js

/* global __filename */
var gulp        = require('gulp');
var jade        = require('gulp-jade');
var less        = require('gulp-less');
var serve       = require('gulp-serve');
var open        = require('gulp-open');
var livereload  = require('gulp-livereload');

gulp.task('build-templates', function() {
  var locals = {};
 
  return gulp.src('./templates/**/*.jade')
    .pipe(jade({
      locals: locals
    }))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('./public/'))
    .pipe(livereload());
});

gulp.task('build-styles', function () {
   return gulp.src('./styles/**/*.less')
    .pipe(less({}))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('./public/stylesheets')); 
});

gulp.task('serve', serve('./public/'));

gulp.task('open', function () {
    return gulp.src(__filename)
        .pipe(open({uri: 'http://localhost:3000'}));
});

gulp.task('init-watch', function () {
    return livereload.listen({ basePath: 'public' });    
});

gulp.task('watch-styles', ['init-watch'], function () {
   return gulp.watch('styles/**/*.less', ['build-styles']);
});

gulp.task('watch-templates', ['init-watch'], function () {
   return gulp.watch('templates/**/*.jade', ['build-templates']); 
});

gulp.task('watch-content', ['init-watch'], function () {
   return gulp.watch('content/**/*.md', ['build-templates']); 
});

gulp.task('build', ['build-templates', 'build-styles']);

gulp.task('watch', ['watch-templates', 'watch-styles', 'watch-content']);

gulp.task('default', ['build', 'serve', 'open', 'watch']);