I Don't Use Nodemon Anymore - I Do This Instead!

You don't need Nodemon anymore!! Node.js 18.11+ has a built in watch parameter that replaces Nodemon.
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[@dominuskelvin]

Oh my! James! I really wasn’t expecting a shoutout. Thank you so much and awesome content as always ❤

[@keithin8a]

This was really good information! I've never even thought to look whether it is built in now!

[@marty4372]

cheez, amazing feature, thaks James for the video!!

[@LePhenixGD]

Amazing new feature, thank you for showcasing it James!

[@lewiduressa]

Sheeesh. Literally the only place to find this info. Fire!!

[@toddribnek6660]

Cool. I also like live server reload as a vs code extension which does something similar just in the browser instead of the terminal

[@christopheanfry2425]

Always good tips thanks !!!

[@yannisevangelou2904]

Thanks, James, useful tip as always. Nodemon used to crash or not work in node v12 when used in large apps (tested in multiple environments). Do you think this built-in way would work in larger apps?

[@sshenbagaraaj]

Hi James, This is a amazing one. Thanks a lot.

[@barvaliyabhargav9495]

thank you so much for sharing such a valuable content in this Chenal, keep it up

[@maskman4821]

Thank you for the information 🙏

[@yumeyuki1944]

You still need it (or something else) if you use TS

[@redwoodJB]

Wait, what!? It's impossible keeping up with all the technology. Thanks for helping many of us at least try.

[@DevOpsDirective]

When I used the --watch-path option with node v19.4.0 it worked... but it also prevented any of my logs from showing 😱

[@ppena120]

Love your videos. Super helpful

[@JamesQQuick]

So glad to hear that :)

[@colbyfayock]

This is awesome. Also super nice use nvm for showing the differences between versions

[@JamesQQuick]

hehe thanks!

[@apex-lazer]

and super quick too 😊

[@aribudimn1789]

thankyou... it helps me a lot...

[@ajeet.pratap.singh1]

Thanks a lot man ❤.

[@ParasProgramming123]

Thanks for information

[@fluttterdev1k]

thanks dude the best solution ever

[@svitak1987]

Nice, but how do you stop it?

[@amansheikhkhan5937]

Thank you

[@Jatin-Rohilla.]

loads of thanks from India

[@flatmapper]

Can you share the docs for -watch, please?

[@omaribrahim4636]

thank you bro

[@ottercoder9321]

Awesome feature

[@samialvi4226]

Thanks a tons

[@vishalyadav630]

Does it work on version 13.14 ..if yes then give soultion if not then also give nodemon solution

[@DarkzarichV2]

ts-node can't do that yet so sticking to other options for TypeScript compilation for now 🐈

[@pakkavideos]

Can you explain how to debug node js using chrome dev tool

[@pxlbltz]

We are currently at version 21.7.0 and this feature is still experimental 🤔 The docs also say that the --watch-path option is not available on Linux. Strange.

[@williamdevonshire356]

WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! TO THE FUTURE!!!!

[@benjaminraedev]

I tried using node’s new watch mode in a project and found that it just wasn’t stable enough yet

[@AngelHdzMultimedia]

Anyone having issues with --watch in VSCode? Mine keeps doing an infinite loop of rebuilds. Then I run it without --watch and everything is good. Then I re-add --watch and the loop... and so on until later it becomes stable. Happens in any kind of new project I make.

[@crazydauzy8887]

thank you

[@gauravmandal01]

thanks fro saving day

[@nparashar150]

Thanks for the info

[@neilm9400]

I liked nodemon, since it came with a supporting JSON file, on what you wanted to watch.

[@samuelmoore9181]

What about handling restarts after crashes though?

[@fbarriosdr]

Thank you for the tip. It's very useful. Bye Nodemon

[@carlosfelipearaujo]

Thanks, nodemon doesnt work well on my machine using Fedora Linux

[@user-lm5ju8nc2t]

Hey, how did you make your terminal to give you suggestions?

[@JamesQQuick]

It's a tool called fig.io. It's amazing!

[@realRohit001]

Could you tell me which theme and font you are using? Thanks 😊

[@JamesQQuick]

All of these details are on my uses page! www.jamesqquick.com/uses/

[@idtenuun]

hi vscode theme name ? font name ? ternimal

[@wizardoflightnings6841]

Best!

[@VeniMitev]

How do you use this with TypeScript? I use "nodemon --exec ts-node --esm src/server.ts"

[@dominuskelvin]

I love the convenience of the watch flag.

[@atomboyd]

Here's a link to Kelvin's channel www.youtube.com/@dominuskelvin

[@JamesQQuick]

Great call! I added it to the description too! Thank you :)

[@chrisdizzle313]

Sickkkk

[@TomNook.]

I still use it to keep the demons away

[@abdulhannan288]

But it is an experimental feature and can change at any time

[@codeSTACKr]

🤯Whoa!!

[@jorgefallas6347]

Link to Kelvin's channel is wrong.

[@JamesQQuick]

Fixed! Thank you!!

[@erikslorenz]

Nodemon will use ts-node by default if you have it installed

[@bendevweb89]

I don't know if I preferred the intro or the subject of the video 😄

[@apoorvaaman]

Same goes for tools like vite, nextjs and even angular - rebuild/re-run as soon as files are changed.

[@ashuzon]

Lemme guess vite?

[@MaxProgramming]

Wait WHAT 🙀

[@soltsdev]

node --watch thank you

[@ir5had]

My expression was the same as yours when I heard this.

[@hechmark]

it just killed the nodemon library hehe!

[@jawwaadsabree5573]

Please link kelvin’s channel 😠

[@JamesQQuick]

www.youtube.com/@dominuskelvin

[@jawwaadsabree5573]

@@JamesQQuick 😃

[@JokeryEU]

you forgot to say its experimental also its simplistic not many options like nodemon, will still use nodemon

[@flatmapper]

Experimental not for production(

[@andTutin]

okay

[@Remls]

no👹

[@jaylove5555]

Say what?

[@user-jr4ze8je7d]

IS THIS A JOKE OR SOMETHING, WHY CONTAINS TOO MUCH DRAMA.? CANT WASTE MY TIME IN SINGLE SECS MAN!

[@user-jr4ze8je7d]

A JOKE BROHH, WHT IS THT , TOO MUCH UNNECSARY CONTENTS

[@mikevaleriano9557]

If you're not a psycopath and use TypeScript like YOU SHOULD, I guess you still need to use nodemon, or ts-node-dev.

[@Rust_Rust_Rust]

Is there no way around this if you use typescript?

[@leandrocampos3430]

i really sugest you to take a look at tsx too

[@joostschuur]

@@leandrocampos3430 True non-psychopaths use tsx

[@altairbueno5637]

Deno 4 the win

[@antonpieper]

@@altairbueno5637 or tsnode

[@fernandoaugustoortolan7521]

thank you