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Meet entr, the standalone file watcher

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    Run arbitrary commands when files change
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Entr ("Event Notify Test Runner"; GitHub), is a command-line tool written by Eric Radman that allows running arbitrary commands whenever files change.

    #Photography #Monitoring Tools #Application And Data 8 social mentions

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    Dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    As you might have guessed, one of the main use cases for entr is to rerun tests whenever files change. I'm an Elixir engineer, and I use entr to run mix test continuously whenever I save an Elixir file.

    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 73 social mentions

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    Where software engineers connect, build their resumes, and grow.
    💡 I wrote two articles here on DEV about Makefiles, one covering their overall utility and usage, and another with my Makefile setup for Elixir projects:.

    #CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 384 social mentions

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