How to open browser to localhost through npm scripts

Question

I\'ve been trying to figure out how to write a npm script that will culminate with the application being launched in the user\'s browser without them having to

Answer 1

For Webpack users: OpenBrowserPlugin does the trick too!

Install one dependency:

npm install open-browser-webpack-plugin --save-dev

And add this in webpack config file:

var OpenBrowserPlugin = require('open-browser-webpack-plugin');

...

plugins: [
  new OpenBrowserPlugin({ url: 'http://localhost:3000' })
]

Update (may 2019)

Please note OpenBrowserPlugin is abandoned and a severe vulnerability hasn't been fixed for a while. However rodrigopandini has forked it here. Use npm install rodrigopandini/open-browser-webpack-plugin to use it.