Solit

Simple HMR on the server, in memory.

Getting started

npm install --save solit

Then add this to your scripts

"scripts": {
  "dev": "solit",
  "build": "solit build",
  "start": "solit start"
}

Then add a src/server/index.js directory

In that index.js file, add

import express from 'express'
const app = express()
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.json({ hello: 'world' })
})
export default app

And that is all!

Run in development

npm run dev

Build for production

npm run build

Run in production

npm run start

Alternatively, you can

npm install -g solit

and run solit, solit build, or solit start straight from the command line.

Configuration

Add a solit.config.js file in the directory of your package.json file.

then add

module.exports = {
  /* your sweet config */
}

The default configuration is

module.exports =  {
  this.rootDir = './',
  this.srcDir = './src/server',
  this.buildDir = 'dist/server',
  this.filename = 'server.js', // output filename
  this.host = '127.0.0.1',
  this.port = 3000,
  this.env = {} // just HOST and PORT.
}

Big thanks to spawn-server-webpack-plugin, backpack, and nuxt for the inspiration and help.