A simple browser auto-reload utility for web developers.

gowebwatcher server is written in Go. Refer here for instructions on installing Go. Once you have a working Go environment:

$ go get github.com/porjo/gowebwatcher
$ go install github.com/porjo/gowebwatcher

You can then copy the resulting gowebwatcher binary (located in $GOPATH/bin) wherever you need it.

• Start the gowebwatcher server in the directory that contains the files you want to watch for changes

  -ignores="": Ignored file pattens, seprated by ',', used to ignore the filesystem events of some files
  -port=8000: Which port to listen
  -private=false: Only listen on lookback interface, otherwise listen on all interface
  -root=".": Watched root directory for filesystem events, also the HTTP File Server's root directory

• Insert the following JS snippet into the web page(s) you want to auto-reload:

<script src="http://localhost:8000/js"></script> 

Code based on http-watcher