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Add to SafariWhen comparing Reloadr vs Browserlink.vim, the Slant community recommends Browserlink.vim for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-browser live-update / synchronization tools?” Browserlink.vim is ranked 5th while Reloadr is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Browserlink.vim is:
It's a Vim plugin, so it's natively tied to Vim itself.
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Pros
Pro Server-side PHP support
Reloadr has a reloadr.php file included, which when configured, monitors and .php file in the project folder. Once a .php file is updated, reloadr automatically reloads the page.
Pro Easy setup
Setting up Reloadr is rather easy. There are only two files that need to be included in the project folder, then the reloadr.js needs to be loaded in the view and the method to run Reloadr needs to be called. After that, everything is set up and ready to go.
Pro Native Vim support
It's a Vim plugin, so it's natively tied to Vim itself.
Pro CSS injection
Live injects CSS. This means that any time that there is a change in the CSS stylesheet, the page does not reload, only the CSS does.
Pro Error and console support
Cons
Con No cross-device support
Reloadr does not support cross-device testing and live reloading.
Con Only supports Vim
Supports only Vim, and works only for developers who use Vim.
