server.js

'use strict';

var gulp = require('gulp');
var connect = require('gulp-connect');
var modRewrite = require('connect-modrewrite');

// Rewriting rule for clean urls
var middleware = [
    modRewrite([
        '!\\.\\w+$ /index.html [L]',
        '^/bower_components/(.*) /$1'
    ])
];

gulp.task('serve', ['watch'], function () {
    connect.server({
        root: ['src', '.tmp', 'src/assets', 'bower_components'],
        port: 8000,
        livereload: true,
        middleware: function () {
            return middleware;
        }
    });
});