CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.js
ariestav
ariestav

Reputation: 2967

What is the best way to restart a node.js server after a change is made to its application script

So, I'm in the process of learning node, and am finding that for testing, I have to kill the running instance of node, then start it up again with the new application code for the server. So, I first execute my node server like this: node myapp.js.

Then, I notice something isn't working right, or I want to add some new code to myapp.js. I go into Process Explorer (I'm running node on a Windows box), and kill the node.exe process, and then upload the new myapp.js file with the changes. Then I do node myapp.js to start it again to test again.

There has got to be an easier way to do this. I typed in node --help but there are too many flags listed to see if there is some kind of restart mechanism similar to apache on linux like: httpd -k restart. Is there a kind of "graceful" restart with node?

Upvotes: 17

Views: 21923

Answers (2)

lowerkey
lowerkey

Reputation: 8345

Check out nodemon. Install it using npm install nodemon, after that simply use nodemon server.js if server.js is the file you're working on.

Upvotes: 14

Bartek
Bartek

Reputation: 15609

Use node-supervisor

Upvotes: 1

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