FireflyServer
Restarts a web server when watched files or directories are changed. Useful for rails applications the cache classes in development. The server runs in the foreground for easy logging and debugger output.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'firefly_server'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install firefly_server
Usage
Create script bin/firefly_server
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# load gems
rails_root = File.expand_path("../..", __FILE__)
ENV["BUNDLE_GEMFILE"] ||= File.expand_path("#{rails_root}/Gemfile", __FILE__)
require "bundler/setup"
require "firefly_server"
# configure server
server = FireflyServer.new.configure do |config|
# file watcher
config.watch_paths = %w[ app lib config vendor db/schemas bin ].map do |rails_dir|
"#{rails_root}/#{rails_dir}"
end
config.ignore_paths = %w[ app/views app/emails ].map do |rails_dir|
"#{rails_root}/#{rails_dir}"
end
# server
config.start_server = "rails server -p 8080 -b 0.0.0.0"
config.stop_server = "pkill -INT -f 'puma'"
config.pid_file = "#{rails_root}/tmp/pids/server.pid"
end
server.start!Make script executable: chmod 700 bin/firefly_server
Start server: ./bin/firefly_server
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.