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Browser Hot Reload

Browser Hot Reload refers to a development workflow technique that enables a web page to automatically refresh or update content changes in real-time as the developer modifies source files.^[600-developer__tools__browerHotReload.md]

This approach is commonly used to facilitate frontend development, particularly when working with file types such as .jsp, .css, and .js.^[600-developer__tools__browerHotReload.md]

Implementation

A standard method for achieving hot reload involves using Browsersync, a tool that creates a proxy server to synchronize the browser with file system changes.^[600-developer__tools__browerHotReload.md]

To set this up, developers navigate to the project directory and execute a command to start the proxy service while specifying the files to watch.^[600-developer__tools__browerHotReload.md]

For example, the following command monitors changes to CSS, JavaScript, and JSP files within a project:

[Browser-Sync](<./browser-sync.md>) start --proxy "localhost:8080/oneShop/" --files "**/*.css, **/*.js, **/*.jsp"

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Once the proxy is running, accessing the local proxy address (e.g., http://localhost:3000) allows the developer to view the application; subsequent modifications to frontend code will trigger an automatic reload of the page.^[600-developer__tools__browerHotReload.md]

Sources

  • 600-developer__tools__browerHotReload.md