build.gradle

/*
 * This file was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
 *
 * This is a general purpose Gradle build.
 * Learn how to create Gradle builds at https://guides.gradle.org/creating-new-gradle-builds/
 */
plugins {
  id("com.github.node-gradle.node") version "2.2.4"
}

node {
  version    = '9.11.2'
  download = true
}

task build
// Create a task that is the Zip type
    task zip(type: Zip) {
// Find the files at . (dot) which means "right here in the root of the directory"
              from ('.') {
// Grab all of the files in the root directory, not the files AND subdirectories
// with their files, just the files sitting right in the root directory.
      		    include "*"
// These next few lines have double asterisks, which means EVERYTHING. For each line, we want to grab the
// directory that we've named, and everything (files and subdirectories) below it in the file tree.
      		    include "bin/**"
      		    include "data/**"
      		    include "node_modules/**"
      		    include "public/**"
      		    include "routes/**"
      		    include "views/**"
      	    }
// This is the destination where the zip file is going to land. We're putting it in a directory names dist,
// which is going to be a subdirectory of the root directory.
      	    destinationDir(file("dist"))
// We're naming the zip file itself. When we're done, there should be a trainSchedule.zip sitting in the ./dist
// directory.
      	    baseName "trainSchedule"
          }

// This will make the build task call on the zip task. If zip doesn't finish, the build fails.
          build.dependsOn zip
// Here, we want to make sure our zip task runs after npm_build    
          zip.dependsOn npm_build
build.dependsOn npm_build
npm_build.dependsOn npm_test
npm_test.dependsOn npmInstall