start-concurrently v1.0.1

start-concurrently

Start multiple npm scripts concurrently

Install

npm install start-concurrently -S

Usage

Configure in package.json scripts witch should be run concurrently, like:

  //...
  "scripts": {
    "start": "start-concurrently",
    "start-db": "command to start local database",
    "start-app": "node src/app.js",
    "start-live-reload": "livereaload src/app.js",
    //...
  },
  //...
}

Notes:

• define a launching script with command start-concurrently
• all scripts, those should be started concurrently, have key starting with prefix `${key-of-launching-script}-` (in example above is the prefix is 'start-')
• then you launch those scripts by single command: npm run start
• console outputs from each script will have colored prefix like: db Starting database, listening at port 8899.... app App started, open its page at url: http://localhost:3000