Running a NUE server loop

[Axellarator]

Making modifying create-nue a bit easier. I use Apache as server, but Nginx and other will do the job, too.

1. Create a bash file: cp-www.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash
sudo cp -r www/* /var/www/html

2. chmod +x cp-www.sh
3. Modify your: package.json and add the apache line

  "scripts": {
    "apache": "npm run minify && npm run render && npm run compile && ./cp-www.sh",

4. Put in layout.nue this line:

  <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10"> 

5. If you haven't already done so install Inotify:

sudo apt install inotify-tools 

6. Use either CLI or bash file:

while true; do inotifywait -e modify ./src/ && npm run apache; done

Now you will see every change in src in your browser with localhost. Every 10 second Apache does an update. Shorten the refresh to 5 or 1 second, depending on your personal flavor.

[tipiirai]

Super cool! Can you think of a hack where both the Apache and the browser reload when there is a file change so that there is no need to wait for n seconds?

[Axellarator]

Update: created nue-loop.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash

while true; do inotifywait -e modify ./src/ ./www/css/ ./www/img/ && npm run apache; done

It covers now the three relevant directories. Script starting point is always the create-nue directory and don't forget chmod +x.