raypatterson / bic-gulp

Bic - A Node.js based framework for building websites.

Bic

It's a

• Framework to build websites
• Thin wrapper around Gulp tasks, defaults configurations and webpack
• Work in progress

Still reading?

Supported features are

• Config management using Nconf
• Build task control flow using Gulp & Gulp Sequence
• LiveReload + BrowserSync & Express + Nodemon server
• JS & CSS code splitting for multiple entry points/pages using webpack
• Custom Modernizr using Customizr
• Unused CSS removal using Purify CSS
• Image optimization
• SVG sprite generation
• HTML, CSS, JS & JSON minification
• HTML, CSS, JS, JSON & Color linting
• JS & SASS style validation & formatting
• Gzip compression
• Favicon generation
• Deployment to AWS S3 + CloudFront
• Asset filename versioning (for browser cache busting)
• Convert root relative paths to relative for deployment to sub-directories

Supported demo features are

• Project boilerplate generator using Yeoman & Slush
• Package formatting using Fixpack
• Package versioning using Bump CLI
• Async unit testing using Blue Tape
• Local module development support using Symlink
• Git commits using Commitizen
• Git hooks using Ghooks
• Generate TODO & FIXME list
• Generate README & LICENSE docs

Future supported features may be

• Config add & override using Lodash
• Unit testing and coverage reporting using Lab
• JS & CSS documentation generation using DocumentJS
• Performance budget reports using Sitespeed & Juve
• Release management using Semantic Release & Greenkeeper
• JS reports using JS Inspect & Plato
• CSS reports using Parker & Analyze CSS
• Visual regression testing using Ghost Inspector
• Accessibility report using AccessSniff
• Control flow using Vo
• Config management using Confidence
• CLI using Vorpal

Things that won't happen are

• More template engine support - The demo uses Jade. JSX is another option.