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Pardon me for not getting your context, but are compile times a big issue in software development? I have never programmed professionally and all my experiences
by sokz 2y ago
Pardon me for not getting your context, but are compile times a big issue in software development? I have never programmed professionally and all my experiences with code is from a couple of classes taken in college a decade ago.
- franga2000 2y agoWhen doing UI things, a common workflow is to have code and the app side-by-side, make a small tweak in the code, recompile/hot-reload, look at he result, repeat. A long compile time makes workflow a pain.
- jamil7 2y agoIt's not as good as Flutter/RN hot reload but SwiftUI previews do make this a lot better.
- notjustadog 2y agoIn general, you're right. But there are at least 2 times where they're absolutely vital- anytime you're dealing with a UI and data exploration in data science (since you make a lot of frequent, small changes in the goal of fine tuning something.) Everything else, best practices has good testing and partial compilations to make it moot. There's probably some other contexts that make it valuable, but I've never had to deal with those.