Yii2 and Gulp

Simple app with working Yii2 asset command and Gulp.

This is configured yiisoft/yii2-app-basic which uses Gulp.

App installation

• Install NodeJS from here
• Install Gulp globaly npm install -g gulp.
  • IMPORTANT: Make sure that Gulp works fine. Check it with gulp --version, if it works you should see something like CLI version 3.8.11
• Clone this repository git clone https://github.com/lukicdarkoo/yii2-and-gulp.git
  • Navigate to /yii2-and-gulp and run composer update --prefer-dist
  • Navigate to /yii2-and-gulp/tools/gulp and run npm update
• To generate combined and compressed *.js and *.css files navigate to /yii2-and-gulp and run yii asset tools/gulp/assets-config.php config/assets-prod.php
• FINISH! Run app and check source code, you should see only one *.js and one *.css file, combined and compressed.

Integrate to your app

• Copy directory /tools to your application
• Change bundles and targets for your needs in /tools/grunt/assets-config.php, check Yii2 Guide Using the asset Command
• Configure component to your config file:

'assetManager' => [
	'bundles' => require(__DIR__ . '/' . 'assets-prod.php' ),  
],

• Install NodeJS from here
• Install Gulp globaly npm install -g gulp.
  • IMPORTANT: Make sure does Gulp work fine. Check it with gulp --version, if it works you should see something like CLI version 3.8.11
• Navigate to /your-app-root/tools/gulp and run npm update
• To generate combined and compressed *.js and *.css files navigate to /your-app-root and run yii asset tools/gulp/assets-config.php config/assets-prod.php
• FINISH! Run app and check source code, you should see only one *.js and one *.css file, combined and compressed.