----- Original Message ----- From: "piotrchruscielewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 2:08 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: What is the best hardware configuration (on PC) for building Flex
>> >> Piotr, according to my calculations, on a ten hour working day, > without >> breaks that would be a compilation every two minutes or so. I think > that >> even with zero seconds compilation time I wouldn't manage that. > I've always >> been taught that the time between compilations is more important > than >> compilation time, so a "thinking/debugging/edit/compile" cycle that > fits >> into two minutes, concerns me. >> >> I used to work on systems with a 45 minutes build time between > debugging >> runs, so we would have been in heaven with ten seconds! >> >> My small point is that focussing on losing ten seconds per compile > may not >> be the place where you can make the most gains. Of course I might > be wrong. >> >> Paul >> >> > > Maybe I`m saing to much about compilation time, but I was thinking > generally about the time that tools consume. So as I said - it`s the > time eclipse needs to open a file (sometimes it hangs and opens a > file in 10 seconds), the time to wait for code completition etc. > > The thinking/debugging/edit/compile cycle is different in different > stages of programing, and sometimes I`m codding for an hour without > compilation. Mostly during some debugging/testing process - this time > is shorter and then compilation time is important. > > BTW. does flex supports some dynamic recompilation ? I mean - can I > change the code during debugging ? > > I know that there is always a place to improve programming skills and > organization - and thats a great subject for another discussions. > How much code should be created during one iteration etc? > For ex. when I`m adding a button that invokes some remote cairngorm > command - I write in one iteration - Command class, new Event, > Delegate function or new delegate etc. > But during some interface improvements - like aranging items on form > or aranging windows - I don`t see another solution than > correct/recompile/test > Snip > Do You have an application in FLEX that requires 45 minutes > recompilation time ?? No. That was in another existence when processors and disc drives worked very much slower than they do now. Paul
