Node.js

Run a script continuously

A simple CLI tool for ensuring that a given script runs continuously (i.e. forever).

$ npm install forever -g
$ forever start app.js

New project template

Generate an http site template:

$ npm install express-generator -g
$ express —-view pug projectname

$ cd projectname/

Install all the dependencies:

$ npm install

Initialize the npm project:

$ npm init

Run node to serve the website (you WILL need to kill & restart every time source code is changed!):

$ DEBUG=projectname:* npm start

Alternatively to npm start, use nodemon to AUTOMATICALLY restart node server every time source code is changed:

$ npm install nodemon
$ DEBUG=projectname:* nodemon

Be sure bin/www line:

var debug = require('debug')('projectname:server');

is set to the correct projectname to get all debug traces!