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May 29, 2018

Toran Billups on Hot Reloading

41 minutes

Toran talks to Sam and Ryan about his project Ember CLI Hot Loader, which is an implementation of component-based hot module reloading for Ember apps.

Topics:

0:00 – Losing hot reloading when moving from handwritten CSS to functional css

2:16 – Why Toran wrote the Hot Reloader

4:45 – How the hot reloader leverages Ember CLI to reload components

8:31 – The need for hot reloading

14:56 – Are there situations where you don’t want to use the hot reloader?

19:05 – What’s the easiest way to try using the hot reloader today?

21:05 – Design vs. build mindset

22:30 – Engines aren’t currently supported

23:53 – How local state affects hot reloading

27:50 – Fast feedback is the primary motivation

34:05 – What are the next steps for Ember CLI Hot Reloader?

37:51 – What happens to a component’s transient state if it’s hot reloaded?

39:44 – How to help if you’re interested in hot reloading in Ember

Links:

Ember CLI Hot Loader

Toran’s side-by-side hot reloading demo

Bret Victor, Inventing on Principle

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By Sam Selikoff, Ryan Toronto

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