What is Gulp?
Gulp is a streaming JavaScript build system built with Node.js that leverages the power of streams and code-over-configuration to automate, organize, and run development tasks very quickly and efficiently. By simply creating a small file of instructions, Gulp can perform just about any development task you can think of.
Gulp uses small, single-purpose plugins to modify and process your project files. Additionally, you can chain, or pipe, these plugins together into more complex actions with full control of the order in which those actions take place.
Gulp isn't alone though; it is built upon two of the most powerful tools available in the development industry today: Node.js and npm. These tools help Gulp perform and organize all of the wonderful things that it empowers us to do.
