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electronmon | cross-env | |
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2 | 23 | |
169 | 5,156 | |
0.6% | - | |
4.6 | 5.6 | |
5 months ago | over 4 years ago | |
JavaScript | JavaScript | |
- | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
electronmon
Posts with mentions or reviews of electronmon.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-30.
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How to build Electron App by esbuild with hot reload functionality?
Use electronmon to restart the Electron app when the main process code changes, and reload WebView for the renderer process.
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Building a desktop application using Electron and Create React App
electronmon: Like nodemon, but for the Electron process. Allows watching and reloading our Electron app.
cross-env
Posts with mentions or reviews of cross-env.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-06-21.
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Mastering .env File Usage in React Applications
Cross-env GitHub Repository
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A webpack.config.js for WordPress Projects
cross-env
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A better way to use Dotenv
or if we care about cross-platform compatibility (i.e. Windows support), we can use cross-env (which I also recommend to install as a dev dependency):
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To use multiple env files for each environment or not? What is your take on this? How are you implementing this?
i like to use dotenv-flow and dynamically load it into node process. it's framework agnostic and can be combined with vaious other strategies, like explicitly set NODE_ENV with cross-env. all you need is the right command in your package.json, see a sample here.
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20 Best Libraries and Tools for React Developers
Cross-env runs scripts that set and use environment variables across various platforms.
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Serving Docusaurus images with Cloudinary
You will also need to disable the url-loader in your Docusaurus build which transforms images into base64 strings, as this will conflict with the plugin. There isn't a first class way to do this in Docusaurus at present. However by setting the environment variable WEBPACK_URL_LOADER_LIMIT to 0 you can disable it. You can see an implementation example in this pull request. It amounts to adding the cross-env package and then adding the following to your package.json:
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Developing and testing sortable Drag and Drop components. Part 2 - Testing.
Using the cross-env library, you'll tell the React Testing Library to skip auto cleanup after each test. More info and ways to configure here: Skipping Auto Cleanup. Now your configuration is enough to start writing tests, let's get started.
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Multiple Environment in NodeJS Application
Now we need to load the files during the bootup. Windows environments sometimes face issues with loading the environments. To take care of that, let's install a package named cross-env
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Improving developer experience as well as front-end performance with webpack.
build; sets and enviroment valiable of NODE_ENV=production using cross-env lib and builds the production bundle, minified and without source-maps as set in the webpack.config.js file.
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is NODE_ENV variable check needed for this scenario?
I'd suggest the cross-env NPM package which is used a lot (4M downlaods/week). Then you can just change it to the following:
What are some alternatives?
When comparing electronmon and cross-env you can also consider the following projects:
hotwire-livereload - Live reload gem for Hotwire Rails apps.
node-config - Node.js Application Configuration
electron-builder - A complete solution to package and build a ready for distribution Electron app with “auto update” support out of the box
yargs - yargs the modern, pirate-themed successor to optimist.
electron-store - Simple data persistence for your Electron app or module - Save and load user preferences, app state, cache, etc
shelljs - :shell: Portable Unix shell commands for Node.js

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