Loxberry Express Dev Server

This is a simple express dev sever which allows you to develop your express loxberry plugin locally.

Installation

npm i --save-dev loxberry-express-dev-server

Usage in your plugin

There is a how to guide on how to develop a plugin for loxberry with node.js. Develop Loxberry Plugin With NodeJs

To get started you can use the plugin generator with: npm init loxberry-plugin <your plugin name>

When you choose NodeJs, the dev server is automatically added as a dependency.

In case you want to do that yourself, add a script to your package json to run the server:

"scripts": {
  "dev": "loxberryExpressDevServer ./"
}

For a better coding experience you can install nodemon and restart the server on file changes.

npm i --save-dev nodemon

"scripts": {
  "dev": "nodemon --watch webfrontend/htmlauth --watch templates --exec 'node_modules/.bin/loxberryExpressDevServer' -- ./"
}

The Dev Server will be in sync with the Loxberry Express Server plugin.