An example for how to use socket.io and express using grunt-express. The example will:
- reload the browser (when opened) using grunt-contrib-livereload and grunt-regarde
- restart the server using the built-in feature of
grunt-express, and it will do so when any of the server script is changed, or when you 'touch' the.serverfile in project root (using agrunt-regardewatcher setup, seeGruntfile.js)
git clone git://github.com/blai/grunt-express-example.gitnpm installgrunt
To observe the server restart automatically when server script is changed, update ./app/server.js line #15 - 18 changes to following, for example
app.get('/hello', function(req, res){
// res.send('hello!');
res.send('bonjour!');
});To observe the browser refresh, first load http://localhost:9000/hello, then change the <body> tag of app/templates/hello.dust to following, save the change and you should see browser automatically re-fresh.
<body>
<h1>{greeting}!</h1>
</body>
(Coming soon)
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Copyright (c) 2013 Brian Lai
Licensed under the MIT license.