README.md

node-reload

Auto reload apps without loss connections or sessions, good for production or development

Installation

$ npm install relive

Example

global.relive = require("relive")();
var express = require('express');
var app = express();  

    
if(!relive.sessionUse) relive.sessionUse = express.session({ store: new express.session.MemoryStore()});
    
      
app.use(express.cookieParser('<your secret here>'));
app.use(relive.sessionUse);
app.use(app.router);
    
app.get("/",function(req,res){
    req.session.count = req.session.count ? req.session.count + 1 : 1;
    res.end("your count: " + req.session.count);
});

relive.app = app;

if(relive.first){
    var http = require("http");
    
    http.createServer(function(){ 
        relive.app.apply(null, arguments); 
    }).listen( process.env.PORT || 80 , process.env.IP , function(){
        console.log('server listening on  %s:%s' ,process.env.IP, process.env.PORT);
    });
}else{
    console.log("reload app");
}

##Options

global.relive = require("relive")(options);

• watch array of directories OR string of directory OR boolean true -> pwd false -> disable watch (default: true)
• watchMatch object Regex for filter change file (default: /\.(js|json)$/)
• watchDelay delay milliseconds to reload (for many changes) (default: 1000)