First, we need to create a package.json file in the root directory of the your project. Next, we will install a few packages that we will use for this project. Run the following command from the same folder that you added the package.json file.
So far, we have been working primarily in the command line. It would be nice if we could integrate with our existing Visual Studio experience.
Luckily, we can with the new Task Runner Explorer plugin. Once the plugin is installed, open the Task Runner Explorer from the View –> Other Windows –> Task Runner Explorer menu.
This window will show you all the tasks in the gulp file and allow you to bind those tasks to certain Visual Studio events. This way, we don’t need to remember to run the gulp tasks from the command line. The IDE can handle it for us.