fix: webpack-dev-server support, close #4

Author: bahmutov

README.md

@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ If you use convention and name your scripts "start" and "test" you can simply pr
 }
 ```
 
+## Note for webpack-dev-server users
+
+If you are using [webpack-dev-server](https://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack-dev-server) (directly or via `angular/cli` or other boilerplates) then please use the following URL form to check
+
+```
+start-server-and-test http-get://localhost:8080
+```
+
+This is because under the hood this module uses [wait-on](https://github.com/jeffbski/wait-on) to ping the server. Wait-on uses `HEAD` by default, but `webpack-dev-server` does not respond to `HEAD` only to `GET` requests. Thus you need to use `http-get://` URL format to force `wait-on` to use `GET` probe.
+
 ### Debugging
 
 To see diagnostic messages, run with environment variable `DEBUG=start-server-and-test`

package.json

@@ -78,14 +78,6 @@
     "demo2": "node bin/start.js start http://127.0.0.1:9000 test2",
     "demo3": "node bin/start.js start-with-child http://127.0.0.1:9000 test"
   },
-  "release": {
-    "analyzeCommits": "simple-commit-message",
-    "generateNotes": "github-post-release",
-    "verifyRelease": {
-      "path": "dont-crack",
-      "test-against": []
-    }
-  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ban-sensitive-files": "1.9.2",
     "dependency-check": "2.9.1",

src/index.js

@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ function startAndTest ({ start, url, test }) {
     waitOn(
       {
         resources: [url],
-        interval: 1000,
-        window: 100,
-        verbose: isDebug()
+        interval: 2000,
+        window: 1000,
+        verbose: isDebug(),
+        log: isDebug()
       },
       err => {
         if (err) {