Triggers reloading of Node.js modules
node-hot-reload
===============
Utility code for watching source files for changes and reloading modules
npm install hot-reload --global
Usage
Command Line Interface Usage
hot-reload [main-script]
Configuration
The
CLI will load its configuration from . A sample configuration is shown below:
`javascript
{
"watch": [
"config/",
"src/",
"init-app.js",
"routes.js",
"package.json"
],
"logging-enabled": true,
"plugins": {
"hot-reload-uncache-modules": {
"enabled": true,
"uncache": "*" // Uncache all cached Node modules
},
"./hot-reload": {
"enabled": true
}
}
}
`Plugins
A plugin is implemented as a module that exports a function as shown in the sample plugin below:javascript
var server = require('./server');
var nodePath = require('path');module.exports = function(hotReload, config) {
hotReload.specialReload(nodePath.join(__dirname, 'routes.js'), function(path) {
hotReload.log('Reloading routes: ' + path);
delete require.cache[path];
server.reload();
});
hotReload.on('afterReload', function() {
server.reload();
});
};
`JavaScript API Usage
Example Usage:
javascript
require('hot-reload').create(require)
.uncache("*")
.uncacheExclude(__filename)
.specialReload(path.join(__dirname, 'optimizer-config.xml'), initApp)
.specialReload(path.join(__dirname, 'routes.js'), function(path) {
delete require.cache[path];
initApp();
})
.watch(path.join(__dirname, 'modules'))
.watch(path.join(__dirname, 'optimizer-config.xml'))
.watch(path.join(__dirname, 'routes.js'))
.watchExclude("*.css")
.onBeforeReload(function() {
})
.onAfterReload(function() {
})
.start();
``