Replace livereload with browser-sync

.env.example

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LOG_CHANNEL=stack
 
 CACHE_BUST=
 
-LR_HOST=localhost
+BS_HOST=localhost
 
 DB_CONNECTION=mysql
 DB_HOST=127.0.0.1

gulpfile.js

@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ const browserify = require("browserify"),
 // Determine if gulp has been run with --production
 const isProduction = minimist(process.argv.slice(2)).production !== undefined;
 
+// Include browsersync when gulp has not been run with --production
+let browserSync = undefined;
+
+if (!isProduction) {
+    browserSync = require("browser-sync").create();
+}
+
 // Declare plugin settings
 const sassOutputStyle = isProduction ? "compressed" : "nested",
     sassPaths = [ "bower_components", "node_modules" ],
@@ -83,13 +90,18 @@ function handleError(err) {
 
 // Process sass
 function processSass(filename) {
-    return gulp.src("resources/assets/sass/" + filename + ".scss")
+    const css = gulp.src("resources/assets/sass/" + filename + ".scss")
         .pipe(plumber(handleError))
         .pipe(sassGlob())
         .pipe(sass({ outputStyle: sassOutputStyle, includePaths: sassPaths }))
         .pipe(postCSS([ autoprefixer(autoprefixerSettings) ]))
-        .pipe(concat(filename + ".css"))
+        .pipe(concat(filename + ".css"));
-        .pipe(gulp.dest("public/css/"));
+
+    if (isProduction) {
+        return css.pipe(gulp.dest("public/css/"));
+    } else {
+        return css.pipe(gulp.dest("public/css/")).pipe(browserSync.stream({ match: "**/" + filename + ".css" }));
+    }
 }
 
 // Process vue
@@ -162,27 +174,26 @@ gulp.task("fonts", function() {
 });
 
 // Task to run tasks when their respective files are changed
+const watchReload = function(done) {
+    browserSync.reload();
+    done();
+};
+
+gulp.task("js-public-watch", [ "js-public" ], watchReload);
+gulp.task("js-public-vue-watch", [ "js-public-vue" ], watchReload);
+gulp.task("js-dashboard-watch", [ "js-dashboard" ], watchReload);
+
 gulp.task("watch", function() {
-    const livereload = require("gulp-livereload");
+    browserSync.init({
-
+        logLevel: "silent",
-    const liveReloadUpdate = function(files, wait) {
+        baseDir: "./public"
-        setTimeout(function() {
-            livereload.changed(files);
-        }, wait || 1);
-    };
-
-    livereload.listen();
-    gulp.watch(jsPublic, [ "js-public" ]).on("change", liveReloadUpdate);
-    gulp.watch(jsDashboard, [ "js-dashboard" ]).on("change", liveReloadUpdate);
-    gulp.watch([ "app/**/*.php", "routes/**/*.php", "resources/views/**/*.blade.php" ]).on("change", liveReloadUpdate);
-
-    gulp.watch([ vuePublic, "resources/assets/js/mixins/**/*.js", "resources/components/**/*.vue" ], [ "js-public-vue" ]).on("change", function(files) {
-        liveReloadUpdate(files, 3000);
     });
 
-    gulp.watch("resources/assets/sass/**/*.scss", [ "sass-public", "sass-dashboard" ]).on("change", function(files) {
+    gulp.watch(jsPublic, [ "js-public-watch" ]);
-        liveReloadUpdate(files, 1000);
+    gulp.watch(jsDashboard, [ "js-dashboard-watch" ]);
-    });
+    gulp.watch([ "app/**/*.php", "routes/**/*.php", "resources/views/**/*.blade.php" ]).on("change", browserSync.reload);
+    gulp.watch([ vuePublic, "resources/assets/js/mixins/**/*.js", "resources/components/**/*.vue" ], [ "js-public-vue-watch" ]);
+    gulp.watch("resources/assets/sass/**/*.scss", [ "sass-public", "sass-dashboard" ]);
 });
 
 // Task to run non-development tasks

package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "dev": "gulp default watch"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "gulp-livereload": "^3.8.1"
+    "browser-sync": "^2.23.6"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "autoprefixer": "^8.2.0",

resources/views/templates/base.blade.php

@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@
         <link rel="canonical" href="{{ Request::url() }}" />
 
         @yield('page-includes')
-
-        @if(Config::get('app.debug'))
-            <script type="text/javascript">
-                document.write('<script src="//{{ env('LR_HOST', 'localhost') }}:35729/livereload.js?snipver=1" type="text/javascript"><\/script>')
-            </script>
-        @endif
     </head>
 
     <body class="{{ $device_mobile ? 'mobile-browser' : 'desktop-browser' }}">
@@ -49,5 +43,11 @@
         </div>
 
         @yield('page-bottom')
+
+        @if(Config::get('app.debug'))
+            <script id="__bs_script__">//<![CDATA[
+                document.write("<script async src='http://{{ env('BS_HOST', 'localhost') }}:3000/browser-sync/browser-sync-client.js?version={{ env('CACHE_BUST') }}'><\/script>".replace("HOST", location.hostname));
+            //]]></script>
+        @endif
     </body>
 </html>