LAlaxk·Feb 17, 2021
You can try to use https://github.com/githubnemo/CompileDaemon, it is pretty stable and just works at least on Linux/OSX.
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CompileDaemon
Very simple compile daemon for Go
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2 sourcesFor the live-reloads there are a few options. We use gin (https://github.com/codegangsta/gin) in some projects and it works nicely but for projects with a lot of files/folders it doesn't work that well. Another option we have tried is CompilerDaemon (https://github.com/githubnemo/CompileDaemon) and it also works quite nicely but has the same problem when you have a lot of files/folders.
So, I agree with you that this is something that should be improved to make our development easier.
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