Simple dependency free file auto-reload (NodeJS)

reload.js

import { watch } from 'node:fs/promises'
import { Worker } from 'node:worker_threads'

let worker = new Worker('./app.js')

async function reloadOnChange (dir) {
  const watcher = watch(dir, { recursive: true })
  for await (const change of watcher) {
    if (change.filename.endsWith('.js')) {
      worker.terminate()
      worker = new Worker('./app.js')
    }
  }
}

// All the folder to watch for
['./src', './lib', './test'].map(reloadOnChange)