gulp-es-next

Exports gulp's methods and pluings in a more ES6 way. Great to use within gupfile.babel.js

ES6 with Gulp

To enable ES6 with gulp, simply rename the gulpfile.js to gulpfile.babel.js and install babel-core. The following command does that. (On Windows you can run that in GitBash) ;)

mv gulpfile.js gulpfile.babel.js && npm i -D babel-core

Then you are ready to start writting your build script with ES6. \o/

Importing gulp methods and plugins

First install gulp-es-next, then import gulp methods and plugins within one line in the gupfile.babel.js file

npm i -D gulp-es-next

import {src, dest, task, watch, $, gulp} from 'gulp-es-next'

Notice that those are all pieces you can import from gulp-es-next. But you may not need them all. So, I'd suggest to import only what you need. ;)

Check the demo bellow, it does not import them all

Demo of gupfile.babel.js with gulp-es-next

import {src, dest, task, watch, $} from 'gulp-es-next'
import del from 'del'
 
task('transpile', ['clean'], () => {
    src('scripts/*.js')
        .pipe($.sourcemaps.init())
        .pipe($.uglify())
        .pipe($.rename({suffix: '.min'}))
        .pipe(dest('dist/'))
        .pipe($.sourcemaps.write('.'))
        .pipe(dest('dist/'))
})
 
task('clean', done => {
    del('dist').then(() => done())
})
 
task('watch', () => watch('scripts/*.js', [transpile]))
 
task('default', ['watch'])

Real use of gulp-es-next

This project is the first one to use gulp-es-next itself. Check out the gulpfile.babel.js file and also the tests in gulp-es-next.spec.js.