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Similar to @gpspake question, but I rely on Gulp. Will Foundation continue to rely on Gulp or is there a plan to transition away?
Hi Norm, There's kind of three different sub-pieces of this, the build system we're using within the framework to build it, the build systems we ship in our templates, and the build systems you can use in your project.
For the build systems within the framework, we have no immediate plans to move away from gulp (gulp-scss continues to be faster than webpack for building scss, and the framework has way more scss than JS).
For the build system in the templates, we're also currently planning to stick with gulp for scss, though that may change. The reason is these templates are primarily used for static sites and prototyping where the amount of JS is small relative to the SCSS, so the gains we'd get on the JS side from moving to e.g. webpack-dev-server would probably be overwhelmed by the slowdown we'd see by moving scss into webpack.
All that said - Foundation works cleanly with a range of build systems. If you're using a gulp-based workflow, you can continue to use one. If you use a grunt-based workflow, you should be able to do that as well. If you have a full-on webpack build system, as of 6.4 Foundation should be easy to set up in there. If you're using Rails, we work in the asset pipeline (though I do gotta say... the new ZURB.com is build using Rails 5 and we moved ALL of our assets into webpack for that... so much nicer...). The build system we use internally shouldn't limit your ability to use other build systems for your project.