autoRefresh

This is a program that automatically refreshes an HTML file when its related files (the HTML itself, CSS, JS, or any other file) is changed.

How it works:

In simple terms, everytime the modification time for a file changes, the program runs open -a "Safari" <html_path> to open the file in Safari. It works in other applications by replacing the "Safari" to another app.

Nuances:

To "Google Chrome", for example. However, when done through Google Chrome or any other browser that is not Safari, it will open a new tab every time it is supposed to refresh. Only Safari refreshes.

OS SUPPORT:

• macOS
• No support for other operating systems yet -- sorry!

EXAMPLE:

In the file, there are four string variables:

• htmlFile
• cssFile
• jsFile
• auxFile
  Change these variables above to absolute paths of files. For example,
  I can put these (macOS):

  htmlFile = "~/Documents/index.html"
  cssFile  = "~/Documents/style.css"
  jsFile = "~/Documents/scripts.js"
  auxFile = "~/Documents/about.html"