[Django]-Django Not Reflecting Updates to Javascript Files?

Since you are editing JavaScript files and watching for the changes in the browser I assume you are actively developing your Django app and probably using Django’s development runserver. There is a better solution than clearing the browser cache and refreshing. If you run a watcher utility that supports the livereload protocol then your browser will automatically refresh whenever you change any static file.

The django-livereload-server Python package provides a spiffy solution. Install it:

$ pip install django-livereload-server

Add 'livereload.middleware.LiveReloadScript' to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES in settings.py.

Then run

$ ./manage.py livereload

before starting the runserver.

More documentation can be found at the django-livereload-server github site

For me, opening Incognito Mode in Chrome let the browser show the recent changes in my .js static files.

To anyone who is using Firefox:
If you don’t want to clean your browser cache or it doesn’t solve your issue, you can try doing a hard refresh (hold Shift and press the refresh button).