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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) Developing Express Apps Like a Boss Easily Debug Express (and other node apps)

Thomas Euget
Thomas Euget
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Posted by Thomas Euget
Thomas Euget
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what's the point of using nodemon if u have gulp?

tks Thomas

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akak
akak
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akak
akak
29,445 Points

Primary task of gulp is to work with front-end stuff - minify scripts, uglify, compile css, change ES6 to ES5 etc. while nodemon is taking care of restarting node server when you make changes on back-end - endpoints, how routes are handled etc.

But of course there is a way to add server reload to gulp and have everything in one place. So I would say it's a matter of preference.