README.md

broccoli-livereload-middleware

Middleware to build broccoli apps with a livereload server

Config Options

Option	Default Value	Description
destDir	dist	Broccoli build destination directory. This is where the output of the broccoli build routine will go
port	35729	Port for the livereload server to listen on

Usage

Example express application

var express            = require('express'),
    BroccoliMiddleware = require('broccoli-livereload-middleware'),
    app                = express(),
    serverDir          = process.cwd() + '/dist';

app.set('port', 4200);

app.use(new BroccoliMiddleware({
    destDir: serverDir
}));
app.use(express.static(serverDir));

// Only enable if html5 routing is turned on
// Enable HTML5 routing by creating a catchall route
app.all('/*', function (req, res) {
    res.sendFile(serverDir + '/index.html');
});

module.exports = app.listen(app.get('port'), function () {
    var port   = chalk.green(app.get('port')),
        cancel = chalk.red('Ctrl + C');

    console.log("Express server listening on port " + port + ' (Press ' + cancel + ' to stop)');
});

Debugging

This plugin utilizes the debug npm module. Activate by prefixing your node command with the DEBUG enviroinment variable: DEBUG=broccoli-livereload-middleware