Elixir + Gulp + Laravel with differents JS inclusi

Question

I'd like to begin use Elixir + Gulp. In my project, I just use CSS + JS.

Today, I use it like that: I have a dashboard.blade.php that I include in all files.

Then, I have a conditional include for each libs depending on the page:

@if (Request::is("tournaments") || Request::is("invites"))
    {!! Html::script('js/plugins/tables/footable/footable.min.js') !!}
@endif
@if (Request::is("tournaments/create"))
    {!! Html::script('js/plugins/forms/inputs/duallistbox.min.js') !!}
    {!! Html::script('js/plugins/pickers/pickadate/picker.js') !!}
    {!! Html::script('js/plugins/pickers/pickadate/picker.date.js') !!}

@endif
....

What I would like is use elixir, and doing this stuff in elixir side, so I can simplify my dashboard.blade.php and always have only 2 inclusions: app.css and app.js

I just don't know what is the best way to do it.

Any idea?

EDIT1:

In my gulp.js I defined my general styles common to all pages:

mix.styles([
  'icons/icomoon/styles.css',
  'bootstrap.css',
  'components.css',
  'colors.css'

], 'public/css/app.css');

Then, In my pages, I include it like that:

    {!! Html::style('css/app.css')!!}

I can open the file in chrome, so link seems to be ok.

But when I open my site, everything goes wrong, and I have in Chrome Console:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
jquery.min.js:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
bootstrap.min.js:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
blockui.min.js:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
app.js:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
pnotify.min.js:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
switch.min.js:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
(index):1 Failed to decode downloaded font:     http://laravel.dev/css/fonts/icomoon.woff?3p0rtw
(index):1 OTS parsing error: invalid version tag
(index):1 Failed to decode downloaded font:     http://laravel.dev/css/fonts/icomoon.ttf?3p0rtw
(index):1 OTS parsing error: invalid version tag

What did I do wrong???

Answer 1

In your gulpfile.js you can create one large script like:

/**
 * Tournaments create package
 */
mix.scripts([
    'forms/inputs/dualistbox.min.js',
    'pickers/pickadate/picker.js',
    'pickers/pickadate/picker.date.js'
    // ↑ these are the files you are wanting to merge
], 'js/directory/where/you/want/script/saved/tournamentCreate.js', 'js/plugins');
//  ↑ this is directory you want the merged file to be in           ↑ this is the directory to look in for the scripts above

/**
 * Version control (might use, might not...I do)
 */
mix.version([
    'js/directory/from/above/tournamentCreate.js'
]);

Now that you have a merged script containing your scripts, you can use elixir to pull it in. Note that you need to run gulp in the console to create the files.

In your tournementcreate.blade.php

@section('scripts')
<script src="{{ elixir('js/directory/from/above/tournamentCreate.js') }}"></script>
@endsection

And you can create as many as you'd like. You just use a new mix.scripts() using the same layout. Hope it all makes sense!