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# Quickstart

This section assumes that you have everything installed. If you do not, head over to the Installation section.

## Simple Task

LiveReload is designed for more complex tasks, not just for refreshing a browser. But you can still do the simple task.

Assume you have livereload and its extension installed, and now you are in your working directory. With command:

    $ livereload

your browser will reload, if any file in the working directory changed.

## Working with file protocal

Enable file protocal on Chrome:

## Guardfile

More complex tasks can be done by Guardfile. Write a Guardfile in your working directory, the basic syntax:

    #!/usr/bin/env python
    from livereload.task import Task

    Task.add('static/style.css')
    Task.add('*.html')

Now livereload will only guard static/style.css and html in your workding directory.

But python-livereload is more than that, you can specify a task before refreshing the browser:

    #!/usr/bin/env python
    from livereload.task import Task
    from livereload.compiler import lessc

    Task.add('style.less', lessc('style.less', 'style.css'))

And it will compile less css before refreshing the browser now.

Want to know about Guardfile ?

## Commands like Makefile

New in Version 0.3

If you want to do some tasks in Guardfile manually:

    # Guardfile

    def task1():
        print('task1')

    def task2():
        print('task2')

In terminal:

    $ livereload task1 task2

## Others

If you are on a Mac, you can buy LiveReload2.

If you are a rubist, you can get guard-livereload.

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