Thanks in advance for reading and sharing knowledge.

As the title suggests, this may be a dumb question for those of you are more experienced in what you may consider "basic tools of the trade". However I've learned that in some cases, the saying "The only dumb question, is the one you don't ask..." often is too true. And, can create devastating results. So, with that introduction, thank you for indulging me.

I'm about to install and learn to use GULP for the first time. I'm wondering if there are any considerations, best practices, recommendations as well as "do"s and don'ts and most of all..... any "AVOID AT ALL COSTS" that anyone would share.

First off, the

Environment:

Mac OS 10.13

MAMP with the latest PHP and MySql versions

Been using TextWrangler out of habit but am just getting into Visual Studio Code

Bootstrap 4 / MD Bootstrap 4

Questions:

Is there a particular place to install GULP or just along with other applications?

Does it "play nice with others", or should I not run certain other programs simultaneously?

Is there a significant difference between the GULP that MD is offering and the GULP that I googled and found in the wild? Which is better? Or not?

Thanks for any input and or advice before I climb on the train.

Best to you all!!!!