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how to auto restart electron browser process upon file changes
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#!/usr/bin/env node | |
require('babel-register'); | |
const electron = require('electron-prebuilt'); | |
const proc = require('child_process'); | |
const sleep = require('sleep'); | |
const RxNode = require('rx-node'); | |
const Rx = require('rx'); | |
const fs = require('fs'); | |
const chokidar = require('chokidar'); | |
const readline = require('readline'); | |
const {curry, append, remove, compose, replace, prop, map} = require('ramda'); | |
var log = console.log.bind(console); | |
var fileWatcher = chokidar.watch('./src/browser', { ignored: /[\/\\]\./, persistent: true }); | |
const rl = readline.createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout }); | |
var restart = compose(start, stop, sleep.sleep); | |
var closeShop = compose(terminateApp, stop); | |
fileWatcher.on('raw', function(event, path, details) { restart(1); }); | |
RxNode.fromReadLineStream(rl).subscribe((cmd) => { if (cmd === 'rs') {restart(0);} }); | |
rl.on('SIGINT', (cmd) => closeShop()); | |
var child; | |
function stop() { | |
console.log('Stopping app'); | |
child.removeListener('exit', closeShop); | |
child.stdin.pause(); | |
child.kill(); | |
} | |
function start() { | |
console.log(''); | |
console.log('v'.repeat(80)); | |
console.log('Starting Electron App @ ' + proc.execSync('pwd',{encoding:'utf-8'})); | |
child = proc.spawn(electron,['.']); | |
child.stdout.pipe(process.stdout); | |
child.on('exit', closeShop); | |
} | |
function terminateApp() { | |
process.exit(); | |
} | |
start(); |
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