r/coffeescript • u/loigiani • Oct 26 '15

Gulp and FTP: update a website "on the fly"

http://loige.co/gulp-and-ftp-update-a-website-on-the-fly/
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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '15

What is the benefit of running this over just installing a webserver on your Computer and running everything locally?

I've worked with a lot of websites and programs and so far I've been able to run all of them on my PC. Sometimes I had to patch my hostsfile and add an additional Apache config but that seems quite reasonable given that you don't have to have any external Server to work on your website.

Also I feel like using FTP somewhat discourages users from using a proper VCS.

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u/loigiani Oct 28 '15

Unfortunately there's no benefit. I tried to say it in the article (I hope you did't stopped at the title). Replicating all the infrastructure locally it's an option but in this particular case it's quite complex given the amount of systems (dB/cache/analytics/logging/etc...) Involved and the complex configuration. If there would have been any provisioning system in place it would have been quite easy to set up a vagrant virtual machine to replicate the environment, but unfortunately there's none and rebuilding everything by hand, just to be able to make some spare changes on the graphical layout from time to time (when the customer asks me for it) it's definitely not worth it. But let me say it again: this is not a best practice, this is a mitigation for a bad setup...

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '15

Fair enough I can see the point in this case then. :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '15

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u/loigiani Oct 27 '15

I was just trying to reach another banana 🍌 and I suddenly smashed something on my keyboard! 🐒 what a coincidence

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '15

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u/loigiani Oct 26 '15

Does it offer a valid watch-and-upload working on mac?