start-server-webpack-plugin
Automatically start your server once Webpack's build completes + handle hot reloading (HMR)
Installation
$ npm install --save-dev start-server-webpack-plugin
Usage
In webpack.config.server.babel.js
:
import StartServerPlugin from "start-server-webpack-plugin";
export default {
...
plugins: [
...
new StartServerPlugin({
entryName: 'server',
nodeArgs: ['--inspect-brk'],
args: ['scriptArgument1', 'scriptArgument2'],
restartable: true | false,
once: false | true,
}),
...
],
...
}
The entryName
argument defaults to "main"
, which is the name Webpack uses if you use the string or array versions of the entry
option.
You can use nodeArgs
and args
to pass arguments to node and your script, respectively. For example, you can use this to use the node debugger.
To use Hot Module Reloading with your server code, set Webpack to "hot" and "watch" modes.
This plugin appends some code to the end of the entry so that it can handle HMR and restarts; no need to add any of the webpack/hot
modules.
Upgrading from v2
- Remove the
name
option and define entryName
if it's not just "main"
- Remove any hot reloading additions
License
MIT License 2016-2018 © Eric Clemmons