I think Gulp is still in favor, but you only need it if you have more complex task running requirements. In the example, all the scripts in the package.json are

I think Gulp is still in favor, but you only need it if you have more complex task running requirements. In the example, all the scripts in the package.json are just simple commands so there is no need for Gulp. If you wanted more complex scripts, then scripts in package.json could reference Gulp tasks.