How to configure pm2 with webpack for typescripts compile and reload?

Question

Is there any boiler plate code to use pm2 with webpack watch option for ts files auto hot reload?

pm2 start index.js is helpful to run directly, but how to add multiple tasks before doing it like watch files and auto reload using webpack and pm2 from dist folders?

Elbertina

why do you need pm2 in your case? Webpack already has some watch options. Is it just for when it crashes? – Assignee

pm2 has more benefits compared to webpack. Hence combination of both is worth – Elbertina

Answer 1

After much research considering performance, I might add live reload, which is a to-do task – but not a priority as of now.

"scripts": {
    "build": "webpack --config webpack.config.js --watch",
    "pm2": "pm2 start ./dist/server.js --watch=true",
    "postinstall": "npm run build",
    "test": "jest --forceExit",
    "test-ci": "npm test && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | coveralls",
    "start": "supervisor ./dist/server.js",
    "server:dev": "concurrently \"npm run build \" \"npm run start\""
}

Elbertina

Answer 2

Create a process.json for pm2 config In the script key you can give a webpack compiler to run. I am not sure if it will run for it watch reload.

Cephalad

I am not clear with this, can you please explain a bit more. Do we really need webpack as well? Is there any watch mode which compiles and reload typescript using pm2? – Elbertina

express-ts I am able to run this project using pm2 start src/server.ts --watch Note that in server.js, I am importing ts-node for transpiling. – Cephalad

Thanks for your response @DrEarnest, i am looking for webpack integration along with pm2. So that, it can compile typescripts, uglify or minify and compile sass files as well is my requirement – Elbertina

In the server.js you can import your config and run it. It will recompile on each watch. require('webpack'); var webpackConfig = require('webpack'.config'); we pack(webpackConfig); – Cephalad

A simple working example with hot reload of pm2 plz, ill accept your answer and reward it straight away. It will be great if you can push to the same repository which u have created – Elbertina