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JavaScript Gulp Basics Welcome to Gulp.js Your First Gulp Task

Juliette Tworsey
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Gulp serve vs http-server -p 3000

What is the difference between running gulp serve and http-server -p 3000?

Is there a reason why I should use one over the other when checking updates?

Thanks:-)

2 Answers

Tom Geraghty
Tom Geraghty
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Tom Geraghty
Tom Geraghty
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We're learning about gulp so he's showing us everything gulp can do. Serving static build files can be done a million ways. If you're working in a gulp toolchain then it makes sense to use the gulp server so you don't have to switch contexts and think about installing and using another server program.

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 3000 works just as well as gulp serve or any of the npm servers.