feat(hermes): fast dev build mode #652
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Add build-run-dev command and supporting targets that skip heavy catalyst_voices web asset downloads, reducing dev build time from ~5-15min to ~2-5min. Production builds unchanged
Add build-run-dev command and supporting targets that skip heavy catalyst_voices web asset downloads, reducing dev build time from ~5-15min to ~2-5min. Production builds unchanged
Add build-run-dev command and supporting targets that skip heavy catalyst_voices web asset downloads, reducing dev build time from ~5-15min to ~2-5min. Production builds unchanged
Add build-run-dev command and supporting targets that skip heavy catalyst_voices web asset downloads, reducing dev build time from ~5-15min to ~2-5min. Production builds unchanged
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- Update manifest_app.json name field from app to athena - Rename output package from app.happ to athena.happ throughout justfile - Refactor Earthfile to use common http-proxy-base target - Consolidate duplicate build steps between production and dev builds - Update all references and documentation comments This improves clarity by using a descriptive package name and reduces code duplication in the build system.
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I have made the build time for dev pipelines faster via the justfile but there is still a bottleneck here which is related to cat ci: this can be addressed separately. |
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Add Fast Development Build Mode for Hermes Applications
Problem
The current
just build-run-allcommand is very slow for development iteration because it downloads and compresses large web assets fromcatalyst_voices+build-web/web, including:assets/directorycanvaskit/rendering engineicons/collectionThis process takes too long per build, making development iteration painful when you only need to test WASM functionality. Turning off compression resulted in v large .happ sizes making it an untenable solution.
Solution
Added separate development and production build modes:
Development Mode (New)
Production Mode (Unchanged)
Changes Made
New Earthfile Target
local-build-http-proxy-devinhermes/apps/athena/modules/http-proxy/Earthfilecatalyst_voices+build-web/webdownloadNew Justfile Commands
just build-run-devjust build-run-alljust get-local-athena-devjust dev-athena-fast