hotload-cli

A CLI to run a javascrpit or cmd by hot-reloading

version: 0.2.0

Author: Alan Chen

Date: 2019/09/01

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Features

1. support watching nodejs and reloading itself。
2. support watching any kind of file or a directory and reloading another nodejs。
3. support watching any kind of file or a directory and reloading another command。
4. support reloading nodejs with process arguments。
5. good performance and cpu/memory occupancy。
6. there are two node processes occupied at most while you use CLI。

Usage Help

• npm install -g hotload-cli install npm package globally.
• input the hotload or hotload -h or hotload --help in your cmd or terminal

$ hotload
 
  Usage: hotload <file | directory> [--cmd] [--load] [--param] <args>
 
    A tool for hot-reloading nodejs
 
  Options:
 
    --param, -p      hot-reload with some arguments
    --load, -l       watch file or directory but hot-reload anohter nodejs
    --cmd, -c        watch file or directory but hot-reload a cmd
    -V, --version    output the version number
    -h, --help       output usage information

Options

-V | --version

show the version number of CLI

$ hotload -V
 
0.1.0

-h | --help

show the usage information of CLI

$ hotload --cmd -h
 
  Usage: hotload <file | directory> --cmd <commands>
 
  Example:
 
    # watch a nodejs but reload with outputing node version to stdout
    $ hotload std.js --cmd node -v
 
    # watch a file but reload with outputing node version to stdout
    $ hotload index.css --cmd node -v
 
    # watch a directory but reload with outputing node version to stdout
    $ hotload ./example --cmd node -v
 
hotload must be before a valid file or directory path

--load | -l

watch any kind of file or a directory but reloading another nodejs

$ hotload server.js --load router.js
 
hotload is starting with server.js
command is reloading...
server is running at http://localhost:3000

--cmd | -c

watch any kind of file or a directory but reloading another command

$ hotload server.js --cmd node -v
 
hotload is starting with server.js
v8.11.1

--param | -p

reload nodejs with process arguments

$ hotload server.js --param hello world
 
hotload is starting with server.js
command is reloading...

Attentions

• hotload must be before a valid file or directory path

To do

1. support watching dependence modules file in a nodejs

license

• MIT