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What is the need of gulp for the Webpack set-up? I am talking here about "9-Webpack" project, we can achieve that without the gulp just by setting up the Webpac
by scriptstar 10y ago
What is the need of gulp for the Webpack set-up? I am talking here about "9-Webpack" project, we can achieve that without the gulp just by setting up the Webpack with relevant packages, right? I am not a big fan of combining Gulp + Webpack. It's already complex and what is the need to make it more complex adding one more to the mix. I appreciate your insights.
- jverrecchia 10y agoHi, author here. The goal for Gulp - even in the Webpack chapter, is for back-end transpilation. Webpack is great to replace Browserify for client apps, but Gulp is better suited for back-end stuff in my opinion. I also wanted to show people the specific part that Webpack replaces (the Gulp 'build-client' task) to give them a clear idea of why we introduce it.