A dead simple, zero configuration watch tool for Node.js applications.
$ npm i -g autowatch
$ autowatch <args...>
Where args... are arguments passed directly to node. Autowatch has no flags or arguments itself.
Autowatch streams all imported modules to the parent Autowatch process for monitoring by
injecting itself into require.extensions table handlers.
From there, it uses file watchers provided by Node to handle "rebooting" the process.
By moving module registrations into the parent process, the child process and crash or exit whenever it wants, still allowing the developer to re-run it just by changing a file. This further reduces the feedback loop required to fix typos, syntax errors, etc.
Released under the MIT license.
FAQs
Automatically restart a node process if one of its files changes
The npm package autowatch receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, autowatch popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that autowatch demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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