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

rob111
rob111
8,379 Points
Posted by rob111
rob111
8,379 Points

Trying to run "gulp hello" but get error message

When I run "gulp hello" in console I get this error message

bash-3.2$ gulp hello
/Users/RR/Downloads/Stage1Video3/gulpfile.js:5
gulp.task("hello", fucntion() {
                           ^
SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list
    at Object.exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:76:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:542:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Liftoff.handleArguments (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js:116:3)
    at Liftoff.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/liftoff/index.js:198:16)

here is my gulpfile.js file:

'use strict';

var gulp = require('gulp');

gulp.task("hello", fucntion() {
    console.log("hello");
});

here is my package.json file:

{
  "name": "treehouse-test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Code for my Treehouse Gulp.js course!  June, 2015.",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "gulp": "^3.9.1"
  }
}

2 Answers

rob111
rob111
8,379 Points
rob111
rob111
8,379 Points

I didn't spell function right in my gulpfile.js

Quinn Zepeda
Quinn Zepeda
15,175 Points
Quinn Zepeda
Quinn Zepeda
15,175 Points

I had an issue, where I was doing everything right but i needed to also install gulp-cli globally to be able to have gulp hello not give me this error "gulp : The term 'gulp' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1

  • gulp hello
  • ~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (gulp:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException"