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Sample gulpfile.js

var gulp = require('gulp');
var coffee = require('gulp-coffee');
var concat = require('gulp-concat');
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
var imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin');
var sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
var del = require('del');
var paths = {
 scripts: ['client/js/**/*.coffee', '!client/external/**/*.coffee'],
 images: 'client/img/**/*'
};
// Not all tasks need to use streams
// A gulpfile is just another node program and you can use any package available on npm
gulp.task('clean', function() {
 // You can use multiple globbing patterns as you would with `gulp.src`
 return del(['build']);
});
gulp.task('scripts', ['clean'], function() {
 // Minify and copy all JavaScript (except vendor scripts)
 // with sourcemaps all the way down
 return gulp.src(paths.scripts)
 .pipe(sourcemaps.init())
 .pipe(coffee())
 .pipe(uglify())
 .pipe(concat('all.min.js'))
 .pipe(sourcemaps.write())
 .pipe(gulp.dest('build/js'));
});
// Copy all static images
gulp.task('images', ['clean'], function() {
 return gulp.src(paths.images)
 // Pass in options to the task
 .pipe(imagemin({optimizationLevel: 5}))
 .pipe(gulp.dest('build/img'));
});
// Rerun the task when a file changes
gulp.task('watch', function() {
 gulp.watch(paths.scripts, ['scripts']);
 gulp.watch(paths.images, ['images']);
});
// The default task (called when you run `gulp` from cli)
gulp.task('default', ['watch', 'scripts', 'images']);

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