gulp watch doesn't start server

[luisrudge]

Hello, when I type gulp watch, my browser doesn't start on the page.
And when i manually type the adddres, here is what i get:

[luisrudge]

C:\Users\deschamps\Desktop\a>gulp watch
[gulp] Using file C:\Users\deschamps\Desktop\a\gulpfile.js
[gulp] Working directory changed to C:\Users\deschamps\Desktop\a
[gulp] Running 'watch'...
[gulp] Finished 'watch' in 2.06 ms

Why is it finishing?

[sindresorhus]

@kevva

[kevva]

Try clearing cache and reinstall from master. Should work fine. And by the way, it's port 9000, not 35729. It's just LR listening on that port.

[gulp] Connect LiveReload on 35729 port
[gulp] Finished 'connect' in 5.44 ms
[gulp] Running 'watch'...
[gulp] Finished 'watch' in 20 ms
[gulp] Server started on 9000 port

[megaFatXR]

Hello.
Same error here.
Just installed the generator and my gulpfile watch task is different from de github one. It starts the server on port 35729 and it doesn't work.

// Watch
gulp.task('watch', function () {
    // Listen on port 35729
    server.listen(35729, function (err) {
        if (err) {
            return console.error(err);
        };
        // Watch .html files
        gulp.watch('app/*.html');
        // Watch .scss files
        gulp.watch('app/styles/**/*.scss', ['styles']);
        // Watch .js files
        gulp.watch('app/scripts/**/*.js', ['scripts']);
        // Watch image files
        gulp.watch('app/images/**/*', ['images']);
    });
});

[kevva]

That's not the current gulpfile.js. Try clear cache and install from master instead.

[s10wen]

I'm also confused by this, I've ran gulp watch and got:

$ gulp watch
[gulp] Using file /Users/simonowen/GitHub/gulp-test/gulpfile.js
[gulp] Working directory changed to /Users/simonowen/GitHub/gulp-test
[gulp] Running 'watch'...
[gulp] Finished 'watch' in 2.89 ms

Should I try to 'clear cache and install from master'? If so, how do I do this please?

[s10wen]

Tried updating and starting again, but now I get:

$ gulp watch
[gulp] Using file /Users/simonowen/GitHub/gulp-01/gulpfile.js
[gulp] Working directory changed to /Users/simonowen/GitHub/gulp-01
[gulp] Running 'watch'...
[gulp] Finished 'watch' in 1.23 ms

... Uhoh. Got error listen EADDRINUSE ...
Error: listen EADDRINUSE
    at errnoException (net.js:901:11)
    at Server._listen2 (net.js:1039:14)
    at listen (net.js:1061:10)
    at Server.listen (net.js:1127:5)
    at Server.listen (/Users/simonowen/GitHub/gulp-01/node_modules/tiny-lr/lib/server.js:138:15)
    at Gulp.<anonymous> (/Users/simonowen/GitHub/gulp-01/gulpfile.js:84:12)
    at module.exports (/Users/simonowen/GitHub/gulp-01/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/orchestrator/lib/runTask.js:31:7)
    at Gulp.Orchestrator._runTask (/Users/simonowen/GitHub/gulp-01/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/orchestrator/index.js:273:3)
    at Gulp.Orchestrator._runStep (/Users/simonowen/GitHub/gulp-01/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/orchestrator/index.js:214:10)
    at Gulp.Orchestrator.start (/Users/simonowen/GitHub/gulp-01/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/orchestrator/index.js:134:8)

[johnpeele]

I ran npm cache clean and then uninstalled/reinstalled the generator. I am still not getting the latest gulpfile.js and package.json files. Is there something else I need to do in order to get the latest master version of the generator installed?

[passy]

@johnpeele Just check out the generator somewhere and npm link to it.

[s10wen]

"Just" 😉 - https://the-pastry-box-project.net/brad-frost/2014-January-28

How do you check out the generator and npm link to it please?

[passy]

@s10wen Good article, but I don't think this should require further information since it's very well documented.

1. google.com/search?q=npm%20link
2. first link -> https://www.npmjs.org/doc/cli/npm-link.html
3. git clone https://github.com/yeoman/generator-gulp-webapp/ ~/stuff/generator-gulp-webapp/
4. mkdir gulp-project; cd gulp-project
5. npm link ~/stuff/generator-gulp-webapp/

[s10wen]

Thanks @passy for the awesome response, now up and running.