Can you describe a challenging issue you’ve faced while using Gulp and how you resolved it?
A challenging issue I encountered with Gulp was handling asynchronous tasks. The problem arose when trying to execute a task before another had completed, leading to unpredictable results. This is because Gulp 3.x used an implicit dependency system where the order of execution wasn’t guaranteed.
To resolve this, I migrated to Gulp 4.x which introduced explicit task functions and series/parallel methods for controlling task execution order. For instance, if ‘task1’ should complete before ‘task2’, it would be written as gulp.series(‘task1’, ‘task2’). This ensured that tasks ran in the correct sequence, resolving the issue.
