What is it called when you are programming and a program automatically updates your changes when you save changes to a file?

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When programming there is a workflow that works like:

But there is also a workflow that goes like this: (actually it is similar to working with this stack overflow question Window I am typing into)

Start a program that watches a directory of files for changes.
Change a file and save it.
The results immediately appear as the program runs the compiler and updates the program (usually in a browser) immediately.

I'm looking for what the second workflow is generally referred to as.

I think the only single word I've ever heard that describes this is "interactive". — Carcigenicate
– Carcigenicate, Commented Aug 23, 2018 at 15:19

Mario Galic · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-30 11:11:15Z

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Automatic deployment of source code changes is referred to by few different terms:

Personally, I hear the term hot reloading most frequently.

answered Aug 30, 2018 at 11:11

Mario Galic

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