Avoiding global npm installs

.travis.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ before_script:
   - sudo service mysql stop
   - sudo service postgresql stop
   - docker-compose up -d
-  - gulp createTravisOrmConfig
+  - npm run setup:config
 
 after_success:
   - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)

DEVELOPER.md

@@ -61,17 +61,20 @@ During installation you may have some problems with some dependencies.
 For example to proper install oracle driver you need to follow all instructions from
  [node-oracle documentation](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb).
 
-Also install these packages globally:
+## ORM config
 
-* `npm install -g gulp` (you might need to prefix this command with `sudo`)
-* `npm install -g typescript` (you might need to prefix this command with `sudo`)
+To create an initial `ormconfig.json` file, run the following command:
+
+```shell
+npm run setup:config
+```
 
 ## Building
 
 To build a distribution package of TypeORM run:
 
 ```shell
-gulp package
+npm run package
 ```
 
 This command will generate you a distribution package in the `build/package` directory.

gulpfile.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class Gulpfile {
     @Task()
     compile() {
         return gulp.src("package.json", { read: false })
-            .pipe(shell(["tsc"]));
+            .pipe(shell(["npm run compile"]));
     }
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

package.json

@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@
     "yargs": "^8.0.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "node_modules/.bin/gulp tests"
+    "test": "gulp tests",
+    "compile": "tsc",
+    "setup:config": "gulp createTravisOrmConfig",
+    "package": "gulp package"
   },
   "bin": {
     "typeorm": "./cli.js"