nodemon + express, listen port =?

Question

I create a simple node project using express: ``` npm install -g express-generator express test cd test/ && npm install PORT=3000 npm start ``` So this gets the test app up and running on port 3000. Great. Now I'd like to use `nodemon` to run this project. I've installed it: ``` npm install -g nodemon ``` In the gihub README it is run the same way as node. This is a bit confusing, because the new way of starting node is `npm start` not `node`. So I tried: ``` $ PORT=3000 nodemon ./app.js 13 May 23:41:16 - [nodemon] v1.0.18 13 May 23:41:16 - [nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs` 13 May 23:41:16 - [nodemon] watching: *.* 13 May 23:41:16 - [nodemon] starting `node ./app.js` 13 May 23:41:16 - [nodemon] clean exit - waiting for changes before restart ``` But when I try to connect, there's nothing there. I confirmed that with: ``` lsof -i TCP:3000 ``` Which returned nothing. Normally (with `npm start`) it returns: ``` COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME node 18746 user…

Accepted Answer

in package.json

```
  "scripts":{
    // "start": "node ./bin/www"
    "start": "nodemon ./bin/www"
   }
```

the following would now be equivalent:

```
$ npm start
$ nodemon ./bin/www
```

nodemon + express, listen port =?

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