RapidPreview is a CLI tool that provides a live preview for your HTML document while developing websites. It refreshes a webpage whenever there is change in a particular directory.
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To install first you need nodejs installed. click here to downloat node
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Type following command to install
npm i -g rapid-preview
- Or run npx command directly
npx rapid-preview@latest < arguments,>
- Got to any directory that includes a html file.
- If the directory have only one html file , Simply run "
rapidpreview
" - If you have multiple files, Then specify the filename. Like "
rapidpreview <file_name.html>
" - If the default PORT is not available, Specify the port like "
rapidpreview index.html --port 5000
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node: If you'r using editer like VScode and wanna use integrated terminal, Then follow the steps.
- Run "
npm init
" to create npm project. - In npm json file add command to a script, For Example, In Package File:
In here I added a script "{ "name": "my-package", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "", "main": "index.js", "dependencies": {} "devDependencies": {}, "scripts": { "run-rapidpreview": "rapidpreview index.html" }, "author": "-Author-name-" }
run-rapidpreview
". - Run that script using "
npm run <script-name>
", In previous example <script-name> isrun-rapidpreview
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- Run "
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rapidpreview --help
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default:: 4040
rapidpreview --port 3000
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rapidpreview --path "E://my_app/"
default:: '.' (current path)
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rapidpreview --file mysite.html
default:: <first file in the path>
rapidpreview index.html
rapidpreview --path C://Github/myApp --file example.html --port 3000