[ALOY-866] Only recompile app.js when necessary

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Sub-task
Priority	High
Status	Resolved
Resolution	Fixed
Resolution Date	2013-10-30T19:33:32.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	Alloy 1.3.0, 2013 Sprint 22
Components	Runtime, Tooling
Labels	n/a
Reporter	Tony Lukasavage
Assignee	Unknown
Created	2013-10-30T15:53:14.000+0000
Updated	2018-03-07T22:26:02.000+0000

Description

app.js is recompiled on every build now. We should only rebuild when changes occur to the app.js, or alloy is compiled for a platform for which is has not already compiled (meaning it has not already generated a platform-specific app.js). NOTE: We also need to consider source maps when doing this.

Comments

Tony Lukasavage 2013-10-30

PR: https://github.com/appcelerator/alloy/pull/265 Functional testing:
Create a default alloy app

compile the app for ios with alloy compile --platform ios

Make sure you see the following line in the alloy log:
[INFO] [app.js] Titanium entry point processing... [TRACE] - Processing "builtins" module... [TRACE] - Processing "optimizer" module... [TRACE] - Processing "compress" module... [INFO] created: "Resources/iphone/app.js" [DEBUG] map: "build/map/Resources/iphone/app.js.map"
After the compile completes, run it again. This time you should see the following instead in the log:
[INFO] [app.js] using cached app.js...
Now, compile for a different platform, alloy compile --platform android

You should see a log similar to step 3, citing the android folders this time

Compile again for android, and you should see a log like step 4

GO back and compile again for ios. It should still use the cached app.js, since it is contained in the platform-specific folder and was not overwritten by our android testing.

Make a change to the alloy.js and then compile for both android and ios. Both should generate a log as in step #3 the first time, then the log in step #4 on all subsequent builds.

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[ALOY-866] Only recompile app.js when necessary

Description

Comments

Create a default alloy app

compile the app for ios with `alloy compile --platform ios`

Make sure you see the following line in the alloy log:

After the compile completes, run it again. This time you should see the following instead in the log:

Now, compile for a different platform, `alloy compile --platform android`

You should see a log similar to step 3, citing the android folders this time

Compile again for android, and you should see a log like step 4

GO back and compile again for ios. It should still use the cached app.js, since it is contained in the platform-specific folder and was not overwritten by our android testing.

Make a change to the alloy.js and then compile for both android and ios. Both should generate a log as in step #3 the first time, then the log in step #4 on all subsequent builds.

[ALOY-866] Only recompile app.js when necessary

Description

Comments

Create a default alloy app

compile the app for ios with alloy compile --platform ios

Make sure you see the following line in the alloy log:

After the compile completes, run it again. This time you should see the following instead in the log:

Now, compile for a different platform, alloy compile --platform android

You should see a log similar to step 3, citing the android folders this time

Compile again for android, and you should see a log like step 4

GO back and compile again for ios. It should still use the cached app.js, since it is contained in the platform-specific folder and was not overwritten by our android testing.

Make a change to the alloy.js and then compile for both android and ios. Both should generate a log as in step #3 the first time, then the log in step #4 on all subsequent builds.

compile the app for ios with `alloy compile --platform ios`

Now, compile for a different platform, `alloy compile --platform android`