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differences between node and nodemon for express 4 project

I've migrated from ES 6 import, export, to CommonJS Module, before my package.json script section was :

   "start": "NODE_ENV=development nodemon ./src/server.js --inspect --exec babel-node -e js"

and now:

   "start": "NODE_ENV=development node ./src/server.js"

and all is working well and fast, but what does " --inspect --exec babel-node -e js" is just for nodemon?
I'm using node8 and it works really well for all my es6, es2017, without import/export. I really don't it need anymore. Am I correct?

Solution

  • --inspect is for debugging purpose,whereas the --exec babel-node command is for starting the app in development mode (letting Babel interpret ES6 code).

    Nodemon is a daemon to watch for file change and restart the server.

    For more details read:

    Hope this helps.