How to Use NPM as a Build Tool

It&#x27;s too bad that the other thread[1] is blowing up with so many people missing the second half of the essay.<p>Keith - you might want to edit the opening paragraph of your first post[2] to include your point that you recommend NPM over Grunt&#x2F;Gulp and add link to the second post. Without this component of the argument, the first article can be misinterpreted as whining &#x2F; click bait<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8721078" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8721078</a> [2] <a href="http://blog.keithcirkel.co.uk/why-we-should-stop-using-grunt/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.keithcirkel.co.uk&#x2F;why-we-should-stop-using-grunt...</a>

Very interesting, I never really noticed the scripts section in package.json. I realize its all the same underneath, but does this give you the same speed benefits as Gulp? Or do gulp&#x27;s streams (which I admit to having a loose understanding of) manage everything for your in a more performant way?

Great post.