Setting nodemon at project level - without global install

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If you do not want to install nodemon as global dependency for whatever the resons, you can follow the below steps to setup as dev dependency

1. Install nodemon as dev dependency

Run the following command to install nodemon as dev dependency

npm install --save-dev nodemon

2. Add dev command to use it

Add the following script command to use npm when run as dev in package.json

"scripts": {
    "dev": "nodemon index.js",
    "start": "node index.js",
     ...
},

3. Use dev command to start using nodemon

Now you can fire the following command to start using nodemon

npm run dev