crx-hotreload
v1.0.6
Published
Watches for file changes in your Chrome extension's directory. When a change is detected, it reloads the extension and refreshes the active tab (to re-trigger the updated scripts).
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Chrome Extension Hot Reloader
Watches for file changes in your extension's directory. When a change is detected, it reloads the extension and refreshes the active tab (to re-trigger the updated scripts).
Here's a blog post explaining it (thanks to KingOfNothing for the translation).
Features
- Works by checking timestamps of files
- Supports nested directories
- Automatically disables itself in production
- And it's just a 50 lines of code!
How To Use
Drop
hot-reload.js
to your extension's directory.Put the following into your
manifest.json
file:
"background": { "scripts": ["hot-reload.js"] }
Also, you can simply clone this repository and use it as a boilerplate for your extension.
Installing From NPM
It is also available as NPM module:
npm install crx-hotreload
Then use a require
(or import
) to execute the script.