javimosch Nodemon Plugin
Monitor for changes and automatically restart Node.js applications.
Commands
Application Monitoring
nodemon script watch— Watch and restart Node.js application
Usage Examples
- "nodemon script watch --script index.js"
- "nodemon script watch --script index.js --watch src/"
Installation
npm install -g nodemon
Examples
# Watch default entry point
nodemon
# Watch specific script
nodemon index.js
# Watch specific directory
nodemon --watch src
# Watch specific file extensions
nodemon --ext js,json
# Ignore specific files/directories
nodemon --ignore lib
# Run with custom exec
nodemon --exec babel-node
# Delay restart
nodemon --delay 2
# Verbose output
nodemon -V
# Use config file
nodemon --config nodemon.json
Key Features
- Automatic restart on file changes
- Customizable watch patterns
- File extension filtering
- Ignore patterns
- Custom execution commands
- Configurable via nodemon.json
- Development-only tool