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Out of curiosity, as someone who uses Yesod, do you have any issues with it taking a really long time to compile? Or do you not use cabal sandbox for Yesod dev

• gregwebs 13y ago
  There is a difference between installation and compilation. I install into a sandbox once, and then I don't need to do it again for a long time, so it isn't a big concern on a commercial project (make sure to use the -j option though!). You can deploy a final build image to a 'micro', but you do need a separate build server with some RAM to perform the build. You could just use a VM on your Mac. The compilation time during the development cycle is a greater issue for me. I am testing out a way to speed that up now.
  • kyllo 13y ago
    OK, thanks for the response. So it's not just me, a new install of yesod-platform is supposed to take a lot of time and RAM. I was just a little shocked by it, since a new rails install is pretty quick, even on a micro VPS. I wasn't bothered by the time it took to recompile my app while running yesod dev, especially since it recompiles automatically when it detects a file system change. But my yesod app is trivial, maybe this becomes more of an issue with a substantial app. Worth it, though, for the compile-time syntax and type checking. And probably much faster compared to most rails test suites, which you'll have to rerun anytime you make a non-trivial change anyway.