Koa-watchify NPM

koa-watchify

Wraps a browserify or watchify instance into a koa middleware.

Installation

$ npm install koa-watchify

Usage

const wreq     = require('koa-watchify')
const watchify = require('watchify')
const path     = require('path')
const koa      = require('koa')
const app      = koa()

var bundle = browserify({
  entries: [path.join(process.cwd(), 'index.js')],
  fullPaths: true,
  packageCache: {},
  cache: {}
})

if ('development' == process.env.NODE_ENV) bundle = watchify(bundle)

app.use(wreq(bundle))
app.listen(process.env.port || 1337)

Why?

Setting up boilerplate for browserify / watchify can be a bit annoying. This module provides a good entry point for both development and production servers running koa and browserify. No gulp, grunt or make needed.