Automatically reload your node.js app on file change with Gulp (https://github.com/wearefractal/gulp).
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var gulp = require( "gulp" ); | |
var spawn = require( "child_process" ).spawn; | |
var node; | |
gulp.task( "server", function() { | |
if ( node ) node.kill(); | |
node = spawn( "node", [ "app.js" ], { stdio: "inherit" } ); | |
node.on( "close", function( code ) { | |
if (code === 8) { | |
gulp.log( "Error detected, waiting for changes..." ); | |
} | |
} ); | |
} ); | |
gulp.task( "watch", function() { | |
gulp.watch( [ "./app.js" ], "server" ); | |
} ); | |
process.on( "exit", function() { | |
if ( node ) node.kill(); | |
} ); |
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