devreload
Development auto reloader for browser
devreload monitors changes in the file system. As soon as you save a file, it is notify browser that open your website, and the browser is refreshed.
Usage
You can use devreload as:
- CLI script, or
- Embedded package to node web application, or
- Manual reload to invoke from bigger library/application
Install as CLI Script
Install as global cli script
npm install -g devreload
Don't forget to add devreload script to your html files
after that, you can run devreload from your project path
cd [project-path]
devreload
Use as embedded package
Use as embedded package to node web app require you to install devreload as node module
npm install devreload
Require and initialize devreload to listen to plain node http server
// initialize node http servervar server = http; // ... // listen devreload to server // ``` // server will listen to port 3001server;
Don't forget to include the client script in your html/jade
script(defer, src='//localhost:9999/devreload.js')
Use manual reload for bigger application
You can also use devreload to invoke reload for bigger application (such as nodeamon)
var devreload http ndm;ndm = ;devreload = ;http = ; devreload;
Contributors:
- Ganesha
- Cole R Lawrence