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JavaScript Gulp Basics Welcome to Gulp.js Create your first gulp task

Ricard Taujenis
Ricard Taujenis
4,383 Points
Posted by Ricard Taujenis
Ricard Taujenis
4,383 Points

In the 'goodbye' task, create an anonymous callback function as the second parameter. In the body of the function, log t

Not sure how to implement the callback function

gulpfile.js 
var gulp = require('gulp')
gulp.task('goodbye') ; 
consle.log("goodbye!")

2 Answers

Nicholas Grenwalt
Nicholas Grenwalt
46,626 Points
Nicholas Grenwalt
Nicholas Grenwalt
46,626 Points

The console.log method has to be inside an anonymous function. To do that you pass in the anonymous function as the second argument (i.e. 'function() {}' ) and between its brackets is where the console.log will go to be ran when gulp is triggered. Provided a code snippet to clarify. Keep up the coding.

var gulp = require('gulp');

gulp.task('goodbye', function(){
  console.log("goodbye!");
});
Ricard Taujenis
Ricard Taujenis
4,383 Points
Ricard Taujenis
Ricard Taujenis
4,383 Points

thx a lot so basically function() inner brackets have to stay intact so the gulp would run otherwise there will be a syntacs error?

Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points
Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points

Hi Richard,

A callback function is basically just an anonymous function you define as an argument. So what you're looking for here is:

var gulp = require('gulp');

gulp.task('goodbye', function() {
  console.log("goodbye!");
});

The ...function()... etc is the callback function, which is being passed as a parameter on gulp.task.

Hope that helps!