repler v1.0.1

Repler

A hot reloading REPL with Babel support

Usage - CLI

If you have it installed globally:

repler # Start the repler REPL

If you want to install it inside the package you're in:

npx repler # Download repler into node_modules and start the REPL

How it Works

repler acts like a normal node REPL, with the exception that it supports Babel and automatically reloads files imported using ES2015 import syntax. So if you run something like import * as foo from './bar', every time you change ./bar.js, the file will be re-imported automagically.

Example

# inside repler shell
# assuming we have a file called ./bar.js which contains `export default 1;`
> import foo from './bar';
> console.log(foo); // => 1
# change `export default 1;` to `export default 2;`
> console.log(foo); // => 2

Features

• A drop-in replacement for the normal node REPL
• Support for Babel
• Automatic reloading when an imported file changes

TODOs

• Pluggable compilers
• Documentation searching
• .compile command
• Better readline interface with features like Ctrl-R support