Django - Apply changes in HTML & Static files without restarting dev server

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I am working in a dev environment using the built in Django web server. One of the inconvenience that I have is everytime I make changes in HTML or Static files it does not apply when I reload the browser until I kill the dev server and run again.

python manage.py runserver localhost:8000

Is there a way so Django will reflect the changes instantly? Thanks in advance

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That's weird, they should be reflected in the page without restarting the server. Do you have additional process to compile static files? – Shang Wang
Have you run collectstatic command? – doru
This happens to me sometimes when I enable caching, such as a cached template loader? Try using a dummy cache backend for development. – tutuDajuju
You can find same question here stackoverflow.com/questions/42782337/… – Isanka Wijerathne

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Django reload the server only on changes on .py files. I read different ways to trigger reloading (such as installing a third party app, tweaking caching depending on whether DEBUG = True, etc etc).

The easiest and dumbest way is to make an insignificant slight change in the view you're working on (say, adding a #, removing it) after you edited and saved your template. It is dumb but it works.