Node compile on file change

Question

I'm doing small programming challenges locally.

In one tab I draft a solution, let's call it challenge.js and in another tab I run the command node challenge.js whenever I make a change.

Is there a way for node to compile automatically whenever a change has been made to challenge.js?

this will help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1972242/auto-reload-of-files-in-node-js — Badr, Nov 01 '16 at 14:41

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '16 at 14:45

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The first comment answered the question.

I installed nodemon:

$ npm install nodemon -g
$ nodemon app.js

and it works perfectly.

answered Nov 01 '16 at 14:45

timothyylim

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '16 at 14:47

0

This is for development environment? If yes, you can use a build tool like webpack, gulp, etc.

Webpack provides a tool webpack-dev-server, that recompile your bundle at every change.

I hope to have helped.

answered Nov 01 '16 at 14:47

Navarro Ferreira

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 01 '16 at 14:47

Use nodemon. https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodemon I work in server development and it refershes the server every time I save a file. If its a case you want something live to restart every time it crashes or if theres any change use pm2 https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2

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