browserify-reload is a browserify plugin that reload your client side bundle everytime it gets updated (e.g. through watchify)

![Version](https://www.npmjs.com/package/browserify-reload)
![License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Motivation

I really cannot rely on express interceptor / proxy or whatever, browserify-reload provides the slimest overhead to reach an interactive client / server sync & reload.

It use tiny WS server (listening on random port) and inject, through browserify-wrap a tiny boostrap prefix on your browserify bundle so it listen for a "reload" event.

For convenience, you can also register additionnal file paths to be watched (once modified, they'll also trigger the client reload signal).

API



const reload = require('browserify-reload');



var b = bundle();

b.plugin(reload [, opts])



b.bundle().pipe(somewhere);

Options

* { deferred : false }
Do not signal the client to reload once the bundle stream ends (so you might apply additionnal, non browserify-compliant processing afterwards BEFORE notifying the client), see opts.xfiles

* { xfiles : [file_path1, file_path2 ] }
Monitor file paths and trigger client reload signal every time they are modified.

* { host : (default document.location.hostname) }
WS notification host the browser will connect to

Credits

* 131
* serapath

Keywords / shout box

browserify, prefix, suffix, wrapper, plugin, browserify-plugin

Motivation

API



const reload = require('browserify-reload');



var b = bundle();

b.plugin(reload [, opts])



b.bundle().pipe(somewhere);