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howtomakeaturn/live-reload-kid
==============================

Reload your browser when files changed.

0.1.2(10y ago)151101MITJavaScript

Since May 24Pushed 10y ago2 watchersCompare

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LiveReloadKid
=============

[](#livereloadkid)

Automatically reload your browser when specified files are updated with only **PHP** and **JavaScript**!

You're currently developing, and modify css/js files very frequently?

Don't need to press **ctrl + R** or **ctrl + F5** to refresh your browser anymore!

Let LiveReloadKid save your fingers!☺

\#Installation You can just download the file to your project, or install it via composer:

```
composer require "howtomakeaturn/live-reload-kid:0.1.*"

```

And then move **live-reload-kid.js** file to your asset folder.

\#Client-side Set the url to where you will trigger the LiveReloadKid.

```

    LiveReloadKid.start({
        url: 'monitor.php'
    });

```

\#Server-side Pass paths to the folder you want to monitor into the constructor.

And then just return the response.

```
// monitor.php

$monitor = new Howtomakeaturn\LiveReloadKid\LiveReloadKid(['folder/js', 'folder/css']);

echo $monitor->monitor();
```

Done!

\#Example

Let's say you are using Laravel. Just add this to the app/routes.php

```
Route::get('/monitor', function(){
    $kid = new Howtomakeaturn\LiveReloadKid\LiveReloadKid([
        public_path('/js'), app_path('views')
    ]);

    echo $kid->monitor();
});
```

And then in the client side

```

    LiveReloadKid.start({
        url: '/monitor'
    });

```

Everytime you update the view files or javascript files, your browser will reload automatically!

The Magic Behind
================

[](#the-magic-behind)

LiveReloadKid monitors the file system with **long polling** technique, notifying your browser if files modified in real-time!

Thanks to
=========

[](#thanks-to)

LiveReloadKid is inspired by

Thanks [bilzen](http://www.reddit.com/user/bilzen) and [tobozo](http://www.reddit.com/user/tobozo) for the suggestions on Reddit.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~5 days

Total

3

Last Release

4002d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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