# A Gulp Workflow for Frontend Development Automation

DevFeed: [A Gulp Workflow for Frontend Development Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-gulp-workflow-for-frontend-development-automation-31233.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nystudio107.com/blog/a-gulp-workflow-for-frontend-development-automation>)

Author: andrew@nystudio107.com (Andrew Welch)

Published: 2017-08-15T22:25:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [nystudio107 | Articles on modern web development.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nystudio107-articles-on-modern-web-development.md>)

Topics: [Gulp](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gulp.md>), [frontend development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend-development.md>), [workflow automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/workflow-automation.md>), [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [make](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/make.md>)

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## AI overview

A tutorial explaining why frontend workflow automation is useful and how Gulp can assemble a website's assets. It describes tasks for processing CSS and JavaScript, including SCSS compilation, browser prefixing, source maps, dependency inclusion, combining, minification, transpilation, and uglification.

## Source excerpt

Gulp is a workflow automation tool that helps you build cool stuff faster; here's how to use it for frontend development.