daemon-command-webpack-plugin

This is simple webpack plugin that monitors webpack events and start or restart npm/yarn command. The main purpose of this plugin is to restart node process when webpack has finised rebuilding the source tree. It is also possible to wait for the marker to make sure the process is finished doing the job (like starting the web server)

Installing as a package

Use NPM: npm i daemon-command-webpack-plugin -D or npm install daemon-command-webpack-plugin --save-dev

Use YARN: yarn add daemon-command-webpack-plugin --dev

Usage

// package.json

{
  "name": "me-app",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "scripts": {
      "start:dev:env": "node server/build/index.js",
      "start:dev": "NODE_ENV=development PORT=3000 node server/build/index.js",
    },
}

// webpack.config.js

import DaemonCommandPlugin from 'daemon-command-webpack-plugin';

module.exports = {
  // ... rest of config
  plugins: [
    // Command #1
    new DaemonCommandPlugin('start:dev:env', {
      spawn : {
        env : {
          NODE_ENV : 'development',
          PORT : 3000
        }
      }
    }),
    // Command #2
    new DaemonCommandPlugin('start:dev');,
    // Command #3 use yarn
    new DaemonCommandPlugin('start:dev', {
      manager : 'yarn'
    });
  ]
}

Usage with marker

// webpack.config.js

import DaemonCommandPlugin from 'daemon-command-webpack-plugin';

module.exports = {
  // ... rest of config
  plugins: [
    // Command #1
    new DaemonCommandPlugin('start:dev', {
      marker : true
    });
  ]
}

// your-app.js

import express from 'express';
import marker from 'daemon-command-webpack-plugin/marker';

let app = express();

app.listen(8080, () => {
    console.log('Listen port: 8080');
    marker();
    // or
    marker('Listen port: 8080'); // Custom message
})

Arguments

• command <String> The package.json scripts command to run
• options <Object>
  • event <String> Webpack life cycle event. Default: after-emit
  • marker <Boolean> Resolve promise when a marker is found to stdout. Default: false
  • spawn <Object> Spawn options
    • cwd <String> Current working directory of the child process
    • env <Object> Environment key-value pairs
    • argv0 <String> Explicitly set the value of argv[0] sent to the child process. This will be set to command if not specified.
    • stdio <Array> | <String> Child's stdio configuration. (See options.stdio)
    • detached <Boolean> Prepare child to run independently of its parent process. Specific behavior depends on the platform, see options.detached)
    • uid <Number> Sets the user identity of the process
    • gid <Number> Sets the group identity of the process
    • shell <Boolean> | <String> If true, runs command inside of a shell. Uses /bin/sh on UNIX, and cmd.exe on Windows. A different shell can be specified as a string. The shell should understand the -c switch on UNIX, or /d /s /c on Windows. Defaults to false (no shell).

Use cwd to specify the working directory from which the process is spawned. If not given, the default is to inherit the current working directory. Use env to specify environment variables that will be visible to the new process, the default is process.env.

Marker arguments

• out <String> | <Array> Your custom message

License

MIT