Nodemon -w keeps starting, without running the server

Question

When I run nodemon dist/index.js nodemon runs the server, but if I use nodemon -w dist/index.js, it just keeps starting, without actually running my server.

I transpiled my index.js file from Typescript and it looks like this:

"use strict";
Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
const App_1 = require("./App");
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
App_1.default.listen(port, (err) => {
    if (err) {
        return console.log(err);
    }
    return console.log(`server is listening on ${port}`);
});
//# sourceMappingURL=index.js.map

As far as I can tell the .js file doesn't change anymore after I transpiled it from typescript using the tsc -b command.

What could cause nodemon to keep starting? And how do I fix it?

Answer 1

With nodemon is better use ts-node. This library is good for development because with ts-lint you can run TypeScript file.

nodemon.json ```

{
    "watch": ["server/**/*.ts"],
    "execMap": {
        "ts": "ts-node"
    }
}

```

package.json "dev": "nodemon server/index.ts"