![]() This is a really great feature for html & javascript developers who are working iteratively on a web project. What's really convenient, is that by default, it will open a browser and load the page for you, connecting to whatever port the live server is listening on.Īs you edit your web project files, "Live reload" looks for changes and updates the web environment without requiring you to refresh the browser manually. ![]() ![]() To use it, you open your primary html page file in Atom, and start the atom-live-server using the Packages menu or one of a number of different key bindings that launch the HTTP server on a particular port. One of these packages " atom live server" provides an integrated HTTP server with "live reload capability." One of the design goals of Atom was that it be extensible, and as developers have begun to use it, a large number of "Packages" have been contributed. It's no surprise given that Atom was created by Github initially for internal use, that it features tight integration to git and github. In the case of Atom, the source is written in CoffeeScript and Less. Discord, Tidal, Slack & Microsoft Visual Studio Code are a few notable apps also built on top of Electron. Atom is a desktop application based on the Electron framework, which provides a runtime that supports many different platforms, and facilitates the development of products written in the standard web languages using html, css and javascript.
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