Re-build files in Ember-CLI without running server

Question

I am planning on moving from "EmberJS" to the Ember-cli, though I have a small problem. Is it possible only to run file watcher instead of serving/using ember serve that will run local server? As I am running my PHP backend on the Google App Script I have already a local python HTTP server running in localhost:8080 I do not need another one to run in localhost:4200

If I don't run ember serve my local changes in development environment wont get updated. Is there a better way of doing this? Is it possible to use assets in the app folder when running in development environment? and use dist folder for staging/live environments?

Answer 1

As mentioned in the guide, you can use the build command with the --watch flag.

ember build --watch

That will keep rebuilding your changes but not actually run the server.

As for your second question:

Is it possible to use assets in the app folder when running in development environment? and use dist folder for staging/live environments?

I don't believe so. You can change the output-path property in your .ember-cli config file, but you can't have one that's specific to a certain environment. You could always write a quick script to move the files though. :)