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In this course, we'll be creating a [Node](https://nodejs.org/en/) server from scratch with the help of the [Express](https://expressjs.com/) framework. We'll then introduce the benefits of strongly-typed code and integrate [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org) into our Node server application.

We will compare GitHub's old RESTful API against its new GraphQL API. We will explore the problems GraphQL aims to solve. And finally, we will create our own GraphQL API using [Apollo](https://www.apollographql.com/)!

In this course, we'll show you how to create your first GraphQL server with Node.js and TypeScript

The newline Guide to Building Your First GraphQL Server with Node and TypeScript

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title: How to Automatically Reload a Node.js Server with Nodemon
description: Nodemon is an open-source utility tool that helps automatically restart a Node server whenever a change in code is detected in development. In this lesson, we'll install Nodemon and introduce an application script that will start the Node server with Nodemon.
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# Automatic Reloading Using Nodemon

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When developing our server application, there are going to be **a lot** of changes we're going to make to our code. We probably don't want to stop our running server and restart it every single time we make an update. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a third-party tool that did that for us? Well, there is, and it's called [Nodemon](https://nodemon.io/)!

Nodemon is an open-source utility tool that helps automatically restart a Node server whenever a change in code is detected in development. In this lesson, we'll install Nodemon and introduce an application script that will start the Node server with Nodemon.

How to Automatically Reload a Node.js Server with Nodemon

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