Feature request: "process templates" task

[mr....@gmail.com]

In apostrophe guides, the following is stated:

Tip: you will need to restart the node app when you make code changes, even in templates.

I guess that the templates require a server restart to process them and cache the result.

It would be a more streamlined development process, if the template processing would be executable without a server restart using a task.

If the caching process was occurring on-the-fly when first requested by clients, a similar behavior as PHP development, would be achieved (no server restart is required).

Is there a way to process the templates using some node call, without a server restart?

Thank you,

Arik.

[Tom Boutell]

Hi Arik,

There are various tools to help you accomplish this which are external to Apostrophe itself. Check out nodemon:

https://github.com/remy/nodemon

However if you find your CPU is grinding really hard make sure your nodemon configuration is well thought out. For instance, you might tell it to ignore the node_modules folder, and manually restart in the rare cases where you install a new npm module.

This is an example of the separation of concerns in node. While PHP has everything built in, in node everything is out there as an npm module, for you to use if you actually want it.

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