Nodemon for development reloading in Express - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to import the Express module.

Express

const express = require([1]);

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A"nodemon"

B"express"

C"http"

D"fs"

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Common Mistakes

Using 'nodemon' instead of 'express' in require.

Forgetting the quotes around the module name.

To use Express, you import it with require("express").

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medium

Complete the script command to run the app with nodemon.

Express

"scripts": { "start": "node app.js", "dev": "[1] app.js" }

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Anode

Bnpm

Cnodemon

Dexpress

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Common Mistakes

Using 'node' instead of 'nodemon' for development reload.

Typing 'npm' or 'express' as the command.

Use nodemon app.js to run the app with automatic reload on changes.

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hard

Fix the error in the nodemon config file to watch the correct folder.

Express

{
  "watch": ["[1]"]
}

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A"src"

B"node_modules"

C"public"

D"dist"

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Common Mistakes

Watching 'node_modules' which causes unnecessary reloads.

Watching 'dist' which is usually the build output.

To reload on source code changes, nodemon should watch the src folder.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a nodemon config that restarts on .js and .json changes.

Express

{
  "ext": "[1]",
  "ignore": ["[2]"]
}

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Ajs,json

Bnode_modules

Ctxt,md

Ddist

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Common Mistakes

Including spaces in the extensions list.

Ignoring the wrong folders.

Set ext to watch JavaScript and JSON files, and ignore node_modules folder.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to add a nodemon script, install command, and start command.

Express

{
  "scripts": {
    "[1]": "nodemon app.js",
    "install": "npm install nodemon --save-dev",
    "start": "node app.js"
  }
}

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Adev

Bnpm

Cnodemon

Drun

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Common Mistakes

Using 'start' instead of 'dev' for nodemon script.

Confusing 'nodemon' with 'npm' in scripts.

The dev script runs nodemon, npm install installs nodemon, and nodemon is the command used.