We can say that Gulp is a faster front-end task automator than Grunt!
What is a task automator?
Task automaton or task executor is a build system. The role of the task automator is to help programmers perform repetitive tasks such as:
- Minification of scripts and styles;
- Concatenation;
- Cache busing;
- Testing, linting & optimization
- Dev Servers
GRUNT
Grunt is the best-known front-end automator, created in 2012 by Ben Alman. The central grunt file is Gruntfile.js that is created at the root of the project, it is where the tasks (tasks) to be executed in the project build are created. This file manages the various plugins and creates temporary files on the disk, until it generates the final file.
Strengths of Grunt
- Great Community
- It has many plugins
Grunt Weaknesses
- Too large configuration files
- Large number of parameters for each plugin
- Slow processing when using very large files
GULP
Gulp is a task automator released shortly after Grunt, was created in 2013 by Eric Schoffstall.
The information is passed through the tasks using the pipeline method, which reduces the number of I / O operations. That’s why Gulp is faster than Grunt, because it uses streams from nodejs to write files directly to disk. Like Grunt, Gulp uses the Gulpfile file, which bears a similarity to the common nodejs code.
Strengths of Gulp
- Best performance
- Small, easy-to-read configuration file
- Lesser learning line
- Avoid creating intermediate files
- Ease of use through top 5 API commands
- Simpler and smaller plugins
Here’s how to install gulp:
Want to know more? enter the Gulp website: https://gulpjs.com/
CONCLUSION
Myself until a while ago I did not use any task automator! But I really realized that to develop a project, be it a website or an application, it is necessary to have the thing organized and simplified all in one place, done in one way and with a few lines of command.
