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Express middleware for refreshing/reloading routes during development. Does not rely on restarting the process like other implementations.
Usage:
Just require the file, and add the middleware before the express router middleware, example:
var express-refresh = require('express-refresh');
app.configure(function(){
...
app.use(express-refresh());
app.use(app.router);
...
});
It'll automatically detect whether or not you're in development mode, will not 'load' otherwise.
Limitations:
- Functions in the main express file (usually 'app.js') won't get refreshed.
Therefore any route middleware / functions will not be refreshed, example:
// this function doesn't get refreshed
var getUser = function(req,res,next){
next(); };
// but the actual routing still does
app.get('/', getUser, routes.index);
- Only workarounds are requiring people to export their functions or...
- making the parser be able to properly parse that and call eval() on it...
- Or... don't write route middleware inside app.js, but put it in another file.
That means this also won't be refreshed... inline functions, example:
app.get('/', function(req,res,next){ next(); }, routes.index);
And again, the actual routing does get refreshed, just not the function.