Using ember-cli, should I “serve” or “build”?

Question

I'm on Windows 7, ember-cli version 40. Every time I make code changes I have to quit the server and restart it as I get Broccoli "ENOENT" errors for the tmp directory every time I save some changes.

The modus operandi for the past few days has just been to Ctrl+c, then do ember server again. Build times are over 100 seconds. So I'm wondering if I should be doing ember build at some point, then ember server or if anyone knows why Broccoli won't rebuild automatically like it's supposed to. This is a small project right now, only a couple dependencies, but I just deleted over 6GB from the tmp folder because new stuff kept getting copied there.

EDIT

I upgraded to ember-cli version 42, and times on Windows 7 are down to 22sec or so, which is a big improvement

My Brocfile.js:

/* global require, module */

var pickFiles = require('broccoli-static-compiler');
var mergeTrees = require('broccoli-merge-trees');
var EmberApp = require('ember-cli/lib/broccoli/ember-app');
var fontTree;
var app = new EmberApp();

fontTree = pickFiles('vendor/fontawesome/fonts', {
  srcDir: '/',
  files: ['*'],
  destDir: '/assets/fonts'
});
// Use `app.import` to add additional libraries to the generated
// output files.
app.import('bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/javascripts/bootstrap.js');
app.import('bower_components/moment/moment.js');

//module.exports = mergeTrees([app.toTree(), fontTree]);
module.exports = app.toTree();

Wait 3-6 months until ember-cli and broccoli are actually ready to use. Meanwhile, buy an SSD, and move as much as possible outside the reach of broccoli by statically building things yourself when they change, starting with SCSS. — user663031

Sam Selikoff Sam Selikoff · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-26T15:36:08

100 seconds for a small project? You should definitely investigate the error. Typically, you just run ember server, and the project rebuilds when files change. Rebuilds for big projects can get upwards of 7-10 seconds, but usually that's because of a large dependency.

I would encourage you to explore the ENOENT error. Also, drop in #ember-cli on IRC (freenode) and ask there.

Using ember-cli, should I “serve” or “build”?

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