Correct. You can use nodemon to restart express on file changes. - Arnaud Dostes - Medium

I assume the values are read from .env files on launch only. If the files are updated while an Express server is already running, the updated values will not be used by the Express server until it is restarted, right?

I assume the values are read from .env

Ted Pederson

Aug 20, 2021

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Correct. You can use nodemon to restart express on file changes.

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