server-sync v1.0.0

node-server-sync

Lightweight means for restarting a node server for a babel based workflow. Intended to be used in conjunction with gulp-watch. Similar syntax as browser-sync. nodemon does too much when babel is used in a workflow. This literally just kills and restarts a node server when triggered by gulp.watch.

Example

The following example gulp files assume your application has both a server and a client folder. The server is the node code, the client is the javascript browser application.

var babel = require('gulp-babel'),
    sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps'),
    browserSync = require('browser-sync'),
    serverSync = require('server-sync');

// compile for es6...
gulp.task('js', function() {
  return gulp
    .src('src/**/*.js')
    .pipe(sourcemaps.init())
    .pipe(babel({
      plugins: [
        'transform-es2015-modules-commonjs',
        'transform-async-to-generator'
      ] 
    }))
    .pipe(sourcemaps.write('.'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
});

// watch files for changes and reload
gulp.task('serve', ['build'], function() {
  serverSync({
    script: 'dist/server'
  });

  browserSync({
    proxy: "localhost:3000",
    port: 8080
  });

  gulp.watch('**/*', {cwd: 'dist/client'}, browserSync.reload);
  gulp.watch('**/*.js', { cwd: 'dist/server' }, serveSync.reload);
  gulp.watch(PATHS.JS.SRC, ['js']);
});