Restart server when any code in server modified.

[BanDroid]

Description

i found this problem when modifying /server/index.js and adding some middleware. i had to close the server and run it again manually to be able seeing the changes.

i hope the boilerplate could use nodemon to watch the changes in server directory.

[brillout]

See the comment on top of the server file:

// This file isn't processed by Vite, see #562

Please respect https://brillout.github.io/rules/. Thanks!

[brillout]

Please respect https://brillout.github.io/rules/. Thanks!

That said, feel free to reach out if you believe it's related to VPS. And, actually, turns out this conversation is actually constructive: 65b5b1b. So thanks for reaching out.

[BanDroid]

boilerplates still use node which not watching any changes and have to manually restart the server.

[BanDroid]

i've tried using nodemon (^2.0.22) now, it does work great in react-js javascript boilerplate. i changed the server script in package.json to be like this:

"server": "nodemon ./server/index.js -w ./server"

[royalswe]

That said, feel free to reach out if you believe it's related to VPS. And, actually, turns out this conversation is actually constructive: 65b5b1b. So thanks for reaching out.

You could just add this line in package.json
"server:watch": "nodemon server -e ts,json --exec 'npm run server'",

complete scripts

  "scripts": {
    "dev": "npm run server:watch",
    "prod": "npm run build && npm run server:prod",
    "build": "vite build",
    "server": "ts-node ./server/index.ts",
    "server:watch": "nodemon server -e ts,json --exec 'npm run server'",
    "server:prod": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production ts-node ./server/index.ts"
  },

and off course you need to have nodemon installed globally or add it as dependencies.

[brillout]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the problem with that is that it would restart the server even when a Vite file is being HMR'd.

[BanDroid]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the problem with that is that it would restart the server even when a Vite file is being HMR'd.

my script command does fine, only watching in server directory. anyway, any reason you dont want to use nodemon in boilerplate? if you dont want to do it, i could help you with that to save you some time

[royalswe]

Both my and BanDroid's example restarts the server when vite.config is changed.

[brillout]

The problem with that then is that it won't watch dependencies outside of server/. Let's follow #562 (comment) instead.