node-hot-loader

Node Hot Loader

Node Hot Loader is a small tool written on ES2015+ for Hot Module Replacement support for Node.js application development with webpack.

Its inspired by kotatsu and webpack-dev-middleware.

Typical use cases for Node Hot Loader are hot-reloaded express application with APIs and frontend serving, i.e. React.

Node Hot Loader support webpack config files with ES2015+ (through babel).

Installation

npm install --save-dev node-hot-loader

or from Git repository:

npm install --save-dev https://github.com/emsoft/node-hot-loader

Usage

Usage: node ./node_modules/node-hot-loader {options}

Options:
  -c, --config       Webpack config file. If not set then search webpack.config.js in root directory.

Example

node ./node_modules/node-hot-loader --config webpack.config.server.babel.js

Known limitations

In your webpack config you must provide main entry with 'server' name. It will be fixed in the feature.

License

MIT (https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)

Changelog

0.1.3 (2017-05-17)

• 0.1.3 (deea5ce)
• build: add update command (622c404)
• build: update patch command (140e5e8)
• docs: add README.md (330e8d3)
• docs: update README.md (2044bd6)
• docs: update README.md (fc65ee1)
• docs: update README.md (583377a)
• docs: update README.md (677a5b5)
• docs: update README.md (2612f69)
• docs: update README.md (9485498)
• refactor: reorganize files for babel compiler (cd3f2e0)
• feature: Hot module replacement for Node.js applications (018f01f)