universal-hot-reload

Easily hot reload your server, client or universal apps 👏

Why this package?

Setup hot reload for your app in four lines of code or less.
Supports server, client and universal hot reloads!
Works with react, typescript, graphql and nexus.

This should be used in development only!

Installation

yarn add universal-hot-reload -D

Quickstart: server only

To hot reload graphql servers and express servers without ssr, create index.js and server.js like below. For graphql, only express-graphql and apollo-server are supported for now.

index.js

const { serverHotReload } = require('universal-hot-reload');

// server.js is where you export your http.server instance (see below) 
serverHotReload(require.resolve('./server.js'));

server.js

// You'll need to export default an instance of http.server so universal-hot-reload
// can restart your server when changes are detected.

// For express or express-graphql
export default app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Listening at ${PORT}`));

// For apollo-server
const server = new ApolloServer({ typeDefs, resolvers });
server.listen().then(() => console.log(`Listening at ${PORT}`));
export default server.httpServer;

Run your app:

node index.js

Quickstart: universal apps

To hot reload a universal app, create index.js like below and follow the same steps as Quickstart: server only.

index.js

const UniversalHotReload = require('universal-hot-reload').default;

// supply your own webpack configs
const serverConfig = require('../webpack.config.server.js');
const clientConfig = require('../webpack.config.client.js');

// the configs are optional, you can supply either one or both.
// if you omit say the server config, then your server won't hot reload.
UniversalHotReload({ serverConfig, clientConfig });

Advanced

If you use the serverHotReload function then you won't need to supply your own server webpack config. universal-hot-reload uses a default server webpack config so you don't have to supply your own.

If you want to use your own custom server webpack config or if you want to hot reload your universal app, then you'll need to supply your own webpack configs. Follow the lines marked Important.

Your server webpack config should look like this:

const path = require('path');
const nodeExternals = require('webpack-node-externals');

module.exports = {
  mode: 'development',
  devtool: 'source-map',
  entry: './src/server/server.js',
  target: 'node', // Important
  externals: [nodeExternals()], // Important
  output: {
    path: path.resolve('dist'),
    filename: 'serverBundle.js',
    libraryTarget: 'commonjs2' // Important
  },
  // other webpack config
};

Your client webpack config should look like this:

const path = require('path');
const webpackServeUrl = 'http://localhost:3002';

module.exports = {
  mode: 'development',
  devtool: 'source-map',
  entry: './src/client/index',
  output: {
    path: path.resolve('dist'),
    publicPath: `${webpackServeUrl}/dist/`, // Important: must be full path with trailing slash
    filename: 'bundle.js'
  },
  // other webpack config
};

Create an index.js file:

const UniversalHotReload = require('universal-hot-reload').default;

// You can provide only a server or a client config or both. 
const serverConfig = require('../webpack.config.server.js');
const clientConfig = require('../webpack.config.client.js');

// Omitting a config means that side of your app won't hot reload.
UniversalHotReload({ serverConfig, clientConfig });

Lastly in your server entry file:

import { getDevServerBundleUrl } from 'universal-hot-reload';
import webpackClientConfig from 'path/to/webpack.config.client';

// Important: gets webpack-dev-server url from your client config 
const devServerBundleUrl = getDevServerBundleUrl(webpackClientConfig);

// Important: feed the url into script src
const html = `<!DOCTYPE html>
            <html>
              <body>
                <div id="reactDiv">${reactString}</div>
                <script src="${devServerBundleUrl}"></script>
              </body>
            </html>`;
            
// Important: the listen method returns a http.server object which must be default exported
// so universal-hot-reload can access it
export default app.listen(PORT, () => {
  log.info(`Listening at ${PORT}`);
});

Run your app!
```
node index.js
```

Examples

For graphql, check this example with nexus, apollo server and typescript. Only express-graphql and apollo-server are supported right now. graphql-yoga does not expose its http.server instance and so it's not hot-reloadable this way for now.

For universal webpack apps, check the react example for a fully working spa with react and react-router.

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