Simple Hot Reload Server

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Set up a server for frontend files(html/css/js/favicon) & Watch frontend files.

connected server and client by WebSocket.

Feature

• Hot Reload

• Debugger

• Files View (Easy to open page in root)
  http://localhost:8082/__hrs__/file

• Source Map Preview

  1. Single
     http://localhost:8082/index.html.hrs.map

     {
         "/Users/moyu/my-code/JavaCode/dike/js/jquery-1.9.1.js": "../../js/jquery-1.9.1.js",
         "/Users/moyu/my-code/JavaCode/dike/js/bootstrap.js": "../../js/bootstrap.js",
         "/Users/moyu/my-code/JavaCode/dike/js/navbar.js": "../../js/navbar.js",
         "/Users/moyu/my-code/JavaCode/dike/css/font-awesome.min.css": "../../css/font-awesome.min.css",
         "/Users/moyu/my-code/JavaCode/dike/css/navbar.css": "../../css/navbar.css",
         "/Users/moyu/my-code/JavaCode/dike/css/conceptModel.css": "../../css/conceptModel.css",
         "/Users/moyu/my-code/JavaCode/dike/css/dropzone/dropzone.css": "../../css/dropzone/dropzone.css"
     }

  2. Total
     http://localhost:8082/__hrs__/map

• Forward Request
  http://localhost:8082/__hrs__/forward?url=http://blog.moyuyc.xyz/head.jpg

• Config
  Be Named hrs.config.js on current work directory.

  module.exports = {
      proxy: {
          "/api": {
              target: "http://www.huya.com/longdd",
          },
          "/php": {
              redirect: true, // default: true
              target: "http://localhost:63343/start/static",//"http://localhost:6999",
              changeHost: true,  // default: true
    
              hot: true, // hot reload enable? default: false
              // Function/RegExp: will be set root config hotRule if it is null
              hotRule: function (filename, request) {
                  // console.log(request.url);
                  return /\.(php)$/.test(filename);
              },
              // Function: return local file path
              mapLocal: function (request) {
                  // request: Express Request Object
                  // console.log('mapLocal', request.originalUrl, request.baseUrl, request.url);
                  const url = request.url.replace(/\?[\s\S]*/, '')
                  return "/Users/moyu/my-code/phpCode/start/static" + url;
              },
              // Function/String: return detected directory path
              mapRoot: function (request) {
                  // request: Express Request Object
                  return "/Users/moyu/my-code/phpCode/start/static";
              }
          },
      },
    
      // RegExp or function (filename) {...}
      hotRule: /\.(html|htm)$/, // default: /\.(html|htm)$/
    
      setUp: function (app) {
          /* app is an express server object. */
    
          // http://localhost:8082/test
          app.get('/test', function (req, res) {
              res.end("TEST!");
          });
      }
  };

Install

npm install -g simple-hot-reload-server

Usage: hrs [-p port] path

Options:

  -v --version                get current version.
  -p --port                   set port of server. (default: 8082)
  -c --config                 config path. (default hrs.config.js)
  -h --help                   how to use it.

Others

Support Local Server
Importance: Only support files which filename ends with .html/.htm or is required by html/htm

1. set up an node server

   hrs path/to/front/root    

2. open html in address

   http://localhost:8082/where?dubug=true&reload=true

   debug: whether console.log/error/... on browser could print on node server. default: false
   reload: whether reload when file changed. default: true

Support CORS
Importance: support all files (php/jsp/asp...)

1. set up an node server

   hrs

2. insert script in HTML manually.

   <script
       src="http://localhost:8082/__hrs__/client-script.js?reload=false&debug=true"
       hrs-local="/Users/moyu/fe-code/a/b/jsonp.html"
       hrs-root="/Users/moyu/fe-code"
   >
   </script>

   hrs-local: map to local html file
   hrs-root: node server detect the directory for hot reload.