browsermon
Automatically reloads the browser whenever server restarts. No need to manually refresh the page when the server restarts.
Useful while working with nodemon or similar packages during development.
Installation
# yarn
yarn add browsermon
# npm
npm install browsermonUsage
Server
http server example:
const http = require("http");
const browsermon = require("browsermon");
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
// handle requests
});
// pass in server
browsermon({ server });express example:
const express = require("express");
const browsermon = require("browsermon");
const app = express();
// express handlers
const server = app.listen(PORT);
// pass in the server
browsermon({ server });Client
<html>
<head>
<!-- Add script to html pages to reload when server restarts -->
<script src="/browsermon/browser.js"></script>
</head>
</html>