gulp-nodemon

gulp-nodemon

A gulp task that will re-load your node script when it changes. Perfect for development.

Usage

nodemon([options])

You can pass an object to gulp-nodemon with options specified in nodemon config.

Example below will start server.js in development mode and watch for changes, as well as watch all .html and .js files in the directory.

{
  script: 'server.js'
, ext: 'js html'
, env: { 'NODE_ENV': 'development' }
}

gulp-nodemon returns a stream just like any other NodeJS stream, except for the on method, which conveniently takes gulp task names to execute.

.on([event], [tasks])

• [event] is an event name as a string. (see: nodemon events)
• [tasks] A gulp task name, array of gulp task names, or a function to execute.

Example

The following example will run your code with nodemon and lint it when your make changes.

// Gulpfile.js
var gulp = require('gulp')
  , nodemon = require('gulp-nodemon')
  , jshint = require('gulp-jshint')

gulp.task('lint', function () {
  gulp.src('./**/*.js')
    .pipe(jshint())
})

gulp.task('develop', function () {
  nodemon({ script: 'server.js', ext: 'html js', ignore: ['ignored.js'] })
    .on('restart', ['lint'])
})