Javalin: Autorefresh HTML/CSS/Javascript

[gringofe]

Is there any way to autorefresh changed html/css/js while the server is running, because restarting the server everytime I change something while developing does take quite a bit of time.

[tipsy]

Hi @gringofe ! The reason this is happening is (most likely) because you're running from an IDE, which compiles and launches a jar when you run your server. This jar contains a copy of your html/css/js files, but not the actual files themselves.

If you point your server to the actual files, by using addStaticFiles("src/path/to/dir", Location.EXTERNAL), you should be able to see changes immediately.

[gringofe]

Yep it's working now - thank you very much for your quick response!