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12638 :: Does Nim have a library for live-reloading?

• NatsukiKarin (orginal) [2025-01-03T07:40:11+01:00] view original

  Similar to golang's air, rust's Cargo-watch, this is very useful when developing web projects. Does Nim have a tool for this?

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• uzo2005 (orginal) [2025-01-03T13:37:58+01:00] view original

  I made this template for web development in Nim, but I honestly haven't used it in awhile.

  I achieved live-reloading by compiling the code to render views as a dynamic library. Then, whenever a new request comes in, I check if the views have been edited, recompile, and swap out the dynamic library.

  This is the most relevant aspect of the code for live-reloading: https://github.com/Uzo2005/nimWebDevStarterTemplate/blob/d1152518a87fe799bed5e9f2c873056a58adf1de/server.nim#L69

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• moigagoo (orginal) [2025-01-04T13:55:28+01:00] view original

  I use monit all the time: https://github.com/jiro4989/monit

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• 3-2-1 (orginal) [2025-01-04T17:00:09+01:00] view original

  If you use VS Code, the official Nim extension's suggested task configuration recompiles and runs on save. That sounds like what you're looking for (VSC exclusive, of course)

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• NatsukiKarin (orginal) [2025-01-05T02:10:21+01:00] view original

  thx

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• NatsukiKarin (orginal) [2025-01-05T03:33:10+01:00] view original

  Thank you. Very useful.

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