Added vendor directory & gulp support for better dependency organization + compiling less & js files. added gulp

support for a browser sync task as well for easier development

gulpfile.js

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+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var less = require('gulp-less');
+var browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();
+var header = require('gulp-header');
+var cleanCSS = require('gulp-clean-css');
+var rename = require("gulp-rename");
+var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
+var pkg = require('./package.json');
+
+// Set the banner content
+var banner = ['/*!\n',
+    ' * Start Bootstrap - <%= pkg.title %> v<%= pkg.version %> (<%= pkg.homepage %>)\n',
+    ' * Copyright 2013-' + (new Date()).getFullYear(), ' <%= pkg.author %>\n',
+    ' * Licensed under <%= pkg.license.type %> (<%= pkg.license.url %>)\n',
+    ' */\n',
+    ''
+].join('');
+
+// Compile LESS files from /less into /css
+gulp.task('less', function() {
+    return gulp.src('less/sb-admin-2.less')
+        .pipe(less())
+        .pipe(header(banner, { pkg: pkg }))
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/css'))
+        .pipe(browserSync.reload({
+            stream: true
+        }))
+});
+
+// Minify compiled CSS
+gulp.task('minify-css', ['less'], function() {
+    return gulp.src('dist/css/sb-admin-2.css')
+        .pipe(cleanCSS({ compatibility: 'ie8' }))
+        .pipe(rename({ suffix: '.min' }))
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/css'))
+        .pipe(browserSync.reload({
+            stream: true
+        }))
+});
+
+// Copy JS to dist
+gulp.task('js', function() {
+    return gulp.src(['js/sb-admin-2.js'])
+        .pipe(header(banner, { pkg: pkg }))
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/js'))
+        .pipe(browserSync.reload({
+            stream: true
+        }))
+})
+
+// Minify JS
+gulp.task('minify-js', ['js'], function() {
+    return gulp.src('js/sb-admin-2.js')
+        .pipe(uglify())
+        .pipe(header(banner, { pkg: pkg }))
+        .pipe(rename({ suffix: '.min' }))
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/js'))
+        .pipe(browserSync.reload({
+            stream: true
+        }))
+});
+
+// Copy vendor libraries from /bower_components into /vendor
+gulp.task('copy', function() {
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/bootstrap/dist/**/*', '!**/npm.js', '!**/bootstrap-theme.*', '!**/*.map'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/bootstrap'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/bootstrap-social/*.css', 'bower_components/bootstrap-social/*.less', 'bower_components/bootstrap-social/*.scss'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/bootstrap-social'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/datatables/media/**/*'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/datatables'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/datatables-plugins/integration/bootstrap/3/*'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/datatables-plugins'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/datatables-responsive/css/*', 'bower_components/datatables-responsive/js/*'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/datatables-responsive'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/flot/*.js'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/flot'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/flot.tooltip/js/*.js'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/flot-tooltip'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/font-awesome/**/*', '!bower_components/font-awesome/*.json', '!bower_components/font-awesome/.*'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/font-awesome'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js', 'bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/jquery'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/metisMenu/dist/*'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/metisMenu'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/morrisjs/*.js', 'bower_components/morrisjs/*.css', '!bower_components/morrisjs/Gruntfile.js'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/morrisjs'))
+
+    gulp.src(['bower_components/raphael/raphael.js', 'bower_components/raphael/raphael.min.js'])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('vendor/raphael'))
+
+})
+
+// Run everything
+gulp.task('default', ['minify-css', 'minify-js', 'copy']);
+
+// Configure the browserSync task
+gulp.task('browserSync', function() {
+    browserSync.init({
+        server: {
+            baseDir: ''
+        },
+    })
+})
+
+// Dev task with browserSync
+gulp.task('dev', ['browserSync', 'less', 'minify-css', 'js', 'minify-js'], function() {
+    gulp.watch('less/*.less', ['less']);
+    gulp.watch('dist/css/*.css', ['minify-css']);
+    gulp.watch('js/*.js', ['minify-js']);
+    // Reloads the browser whenever HTML or JS files change
+    gulp.watch('pages/*.html', browserSync.reload);
+    gulp.watch('dist/js/*.js', browserSync.reload);
+});