Hi all, I just pushed a commit to royale-compiler that adds a new --watch compiler option. What this new option does is keep the compiler running after it's done, watching the source-path folders for any changes to .as and .mxml files. When changes are detected, it will automatically re-compile your project. Best of all, it's an incremental re-compile, so it will be significantly faster.
For projects targeting JS, all you need to do is refresh your browser after the re-compile completes. You can even use a tool that does this automatically, if you prefer. After a quick search on Google, I found the "reload" npm package, and I can confirm that it can automatically reload a Royale app after recompilation. Here is the command that I used in a terminal at the root of my project folder: npx reload -d bin/js-debug -b This starts a local HTTP server in the directory bin/js-debug, and it launches the app in a browser. https://www.npmjs.com/package/reload#user-content-using-reload-as-a-command-line-application The new --watch compiler option works with SWF too. However, I'm not aware of any automatic reloading tools for this, so you'll just need to close and relaunch manually. Please give it a try, and let me know if you run into any issues. I'd like to see how well it works with some bigger projects! -- Josh Tynjala Bowler Hat LLC <https://bowlerhat.dev>
