nodemon

name	nodemon
description	Use this skill when the user wants to auto-restart Node.js applications on file changes.

Nodemon Plugin

Monitor for changes and automatically restart Node.js applications.

Commands

Application Monitoring

• nodemon script watch — Watch and restart Node.js application

Usage Examples

• "nodemon script watch --script index.js"
• "nodemon script watch --script index.js --watch src/"

Installation

npm install -g nodemon

Examples

# Watch default entry point
nodemon

# Watch specific script
nodemon index.js

# Watch specific directory
nodemon --watch src

# Watch specific file extensions
nodemon --ext js,json

# Ignore specific files/directories
nodemon --ignore lib

# Run with custom exec
nodemon --exec babel-node

# Delay restart
nodemon --delay 2

# Verbose output
nodemon -V

# Use config file
nodemon --config nodemon.json

Key Features

• Automatic restart on file changes
• Customizable watch patterns
• File extension filtering
• Ignore patterns
• Custom execution commands
• Configurable via nodemon.json
• Development-only tool