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tags:
  - backend
  - node-js
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# Nodemon

We don't want to have to restart the local server every time we make a change to
our files. We can use `nodemon` instead of `node` when running our `index.js`
file so that file-changes are immediately registered without the need for a
restart.

This is a wrapper around the `node` command so it doesn't require any
configuration. Once installed, update your start script from `node index.js` to
`nodemon index.js`.
