ASP.NET Core: MVC6 Gulp Template

As discussed in the previous ASP.NET Core article the purpose of this article is to show you how set up a basic gulp template instead of default .NET Core bundles which I personally don't prefer. In my eyes the gulp is far more powerful and simply becomes a must if you deal with larger JavaScript project.

The whole empty template can be downloaded from my GitHub page: ​https://github.com/IvanSivak/ASP.NET-Core-MVC6-Gulp-Template.

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The best way to get familiar with my template is just by opening the project and see the changes. Let me just briefly clarify. 

• There is no bundleconfig.json.
• The whole JavaScript application is outside the wwwroot folder within the JsApp folder.
• The same with CSS files - outside the wwwroot in the Styles folder.
• Everything related to build process is inside the gulpfile.js
• Every change to JavaScript or CSS files triggers gulp to rebuild the project (gulp watcher - don't forget to run it).

• Everything is set up to reflect the current environment. Gulp does not minify or bundle if you're in development environment. 
• _Layout.cshtml contains all the logic related to which environment files should be downloaded (using the new <environment> tag helper). For both the JavaScript and CSS.

• Everything is simple and clean. Nicely just on one place in _Layout.cshtml and gulpfile.js.

Let me know if you have any issues with my template or recommendations. Unfortunately I was unable to export the project into a template (issue has been discussed on stack overflow) but since the project is very simple and clean you should be able to just download and rename the project or use it as a reference to set up your own new project.