F5NoMore

F5NoMore is a project for Web Developers to help them develop a more seamless workflow by monitoring a local project for changes and immediately reflecting updates in the browser (by automatically reloading the page). HOW IT WORKS -------------------------- F5NoMore is composed of two parts: * Python Package * Chrome Extension The python script watches the filesystem for changes and when it sees changes it communicates with the extension which reloads the page. INSTALL ------------------------ You need to install both the F5NoMore Python package and the F5NoMore Google Chrome Extension. You can install the chrome extension from this page. Installing the python package ------------------------ There are three steps to install the python package: * Install Python (https://www.python.org/download/) * Install pip (http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installing.html) * Run "python -m pip install f5nomore" You can find more info about the python package at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/F5NoMore Usage ----------------------- Once everything is installed you should start the python script with: python -m f5nomore Next you should set up the files you want to watch using the Chrome extension: * Double click on the F5 icon to open the file select dialogue. * Add a new project * Open the new project by clicking the arrow to the left of it * Select the file/folders you want to watch * Close the dialog Now click once on the F5 icon to toggle F5NoMore on and off in a given tab