How do i update live content on Nancy Hosting Framework

Iam using Nancy Framework with C# and my views are rendered from HTML files. If i need to udate the code in my HTML,CSS or JS (which is part of the content), I have to go through the long annoying process of

Stopping the running C# project
Editing my HTML,CSS or JS File
Saving the changes
Running the C# project
Refreshing the browser
Waiting for the connection to localhost:8080 to be established (This usually takes a bit longer on the first run and that is even more annoying) 7.Finally i get to see if that CSS styling has been applied...if it has not be applied, i have to start the whole process from 1.

Please help me if u have a better way of doing this if not maybe just explain to me why i always have to wait a few more seconds for the first run of the C# project to start allowing connections on the browser.

Solution

Nancy does not cache CSS or JS files, they are pass-through files when they exist under Content folder, or if you explicitly set them up in the static conventions.

To disable View Caching, simply disable caches in your bootstrapper:

StaticConfiguration.DisableCaches = true

Edit:

Based on your comment:

https://github.com/richorama/Jukebox/blob/master/Jukebox/Controllers/Home.cs#L11

namespace Jukebox.Controllers
{
    public class Home : NancyModule
    {
        public Home()
        {
            Get["/"] = x =>
            {
                return Response.AsFile("default.htm");
            };
        }    
    }
}

This will load the htm file off the disk every request. So I'm not entirely sure what issues you're running into. None-the-less try disabling the caches.

Also caching is only enabled when you're running the code in Release mode...

Edit 2:

Since you're using a console app and files are copied to the bin.

https://github.com/NancyFx/Nancy/wiki/The-root-path#changing-the-root-path

Create a implementation of the rootpath provider pointing to your dev directory. Configure it to only run during development.