Using Nodemon

Nodemon is a command-line tool that helps with the speedy development of Node.js applications. It monitors your project directory and automatically restarts your node application when it detects any changes.

This means that you do not have to stop and restart your applications in order for your changes to take effect. You can simply write code, and test your application a few seconds later.

To install nodemon locally, we can run the following in the Terminal::

npm install -g nodemon

Nodemon serves as a replacement for node, and does not require any code changes within your application. Once it has installed, we can start our application with auto-restart, using the following command:

nodemon index.js

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