From b100eb0d3f63b392d2cad341cb6bd542a28672b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Marcel Kapfer (mmk2410)" <marcelmichaelkapfer@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 22:55:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added GulpJS development server task (gulp serve)

---
 README.md       | 6 +++++-
 gulpfile.coffee | 7 +++++++
 package.json    | 1 +
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a49304..c8dd873 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,4 +36,8 @@ and the rebuild the webapp with:
 gulp
 ```
 
-The webapp is accessible in the `dist/` directory 
+The webapp is accessible in the `dist/` directory. A development server can be started with
+
+```
+gulp serve
+```
diff --git a/gulpfile.coffee b/gulpfile.coffee
index f7d6c74..5998eb0 100644
--- a/gulpfile.coffee
+++ b/gulpfile.coffee
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ merge = require 'merge-stream'
 path = require 'path'
 fs = require 'fs'
 glob = require 'glob'
+connect = require 'gulp-connect'
 
 
 gulp.task 'coffee', () ->
@@ -98,6 +99,12 @@ gulp.task 'precache', (callback) ->
       filePath = path.join dir, 'precache.json'
       fs.writeFile filePath, JSON.stringify(files), callback
 
+gulp.task 'serve', (callback) ->
+  connect.server({
+    port: 8080
+    root: 'dist'
+  })
+
 gulp.task 'clean', del.bind null, ['dist']
 
 gulp.task 'default', ['clean'], (cb) ->
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e2d854b..a89517f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "gulp-autoprefixer": "^2.1.0",
     "gulp-cache": "^0.2.10",
     "gulp-coffee": "^2.3.1",
+    "gulp-connect": "^4.0.0",
     "gulp-if": "^1.2.5",
     "gulp-imagemin": "^2.3.0",
     "gulp-load-plugins": "^0.10.0",