esbuild-dev-server
Advanced tools
This plugin allows you to start a local server with hot reloading for Esbuild
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npm
npm i esbuild-dev-server -D
yarn
yarn add esbuild-dev-server -D
go
go get github.com/Falldot/esbuild-dev-server
options.port, string: local server start port.options.index, string: path to index html file.options.staticDir, string: path to static files (js, css, img ...).options.watchDir, string: path to working directory.options.onBeforeRebuild, () => void: event before rebuild.options.onAfterRebuild, () => void: event after rebuild.esbuild.config.js
const {build} = require("esbuild")
const esBuildDevServer = require("esbuild-dev-server")
esBuildDevServer.start(
build({
entryPoints: ["src/index.js"],
outdir: "dist",
incremental: true,
// and more options ...
}),
{
port: "8080", // optional, default: 8080
watchDir: "src", // optional, default: "src"
index: "dist/index.html", // optional
staticDir: "dist", // optional
onBeforeRebuild: {}, // optional
onAfterRebuild: {}, // optional
}
)
package.json
"scripts": {
"dev": "node esbuild.config.js",
},
dist/index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="root"></div>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
esbuild.config.go
package main
import (
devserver "github.com/Falldot/esbuild-dev-server"
"github.com/evanw/esbuild/pkg/api"
)
func main() {
devserver.Start(
api.Build(api.BuildOptions{
EntryPoints: []string{"src/index.js"},
Outdir: "dist",
Incremental: true,
// and more options ...
}),
devserver.Options{
Port: "8080", // optional, default: 8080
WatchDir: "src", // optional, default: "src"
Index: "dist/index.html", // optional
StaticDir: "dist", // optional
OnBeforeRebuild: func() {}, // optional
OnAfterRebuild: func() {}, // optional
},
)
}
package.json
"scripts": {
"dev": "go esbuild.config.go",
},
FAQs
An fast JavaScript hot dev local server.
The npm package esbuild-dev-server receives a total of 18 weekly downloads. As such, esbuild-dev-server popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that esbuild-dev-server 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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