[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (TOOLSDOC-333) NeedInfo: How does LiveReload work?

[Michelle Murray (JIRA)]

Michelle Murray created TOOLSDOC-333:
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             Summary: NeedInfo: How does LiveReload work?
                 Key: TOOLSDOC-333
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TOOLSDOC-333
             Project: Documentation for JBoss Tools and Developer Studio
          Issue Type: Task
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
          Components: User Guide
    Affects Versions: 4.1.0
            Reporter: Michelle Murray
            Assignee: Xavier Coulon


I am trying to document LiveReload Tools (integration of LiveReload in JBDS) and I have some questions about how it works.

Users need a LiveReload server within the IDE and the LiveReload browser extension installed in Chrome or Firefox. Why are both needed? How is the work process distributed between the two? Which is responsible for which tasks?

I ask because I could imagine the browser extension just looking for changes in file time stamps and consequently reloading pages. It clearly isn't as simple as that but I don't see how the LiveReload server fits in.

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