Toran Billups on Hot Reloading

Toran talks to Sam and Ryan about his project Ember CLI Hot Loader, which is an implementation of component-based hot module reloading for Ember apps.

Topics:

• 0:00 – Losing hot reloading when moving from handwritten CSS to functional css


• 2:16 – Why Toran wrote the Hot Reloader


• 4:45 – How the hot reloader leverages Ember CLI to reload components


• 8:31 – The need for hot reloading


• 14:56 – Are there situations where you don’t want to use the hot reloader?


• 19:05 – What’s the easiest way to try using the hot reloader today?


• 21:05 – Design vs. build mindset


• 22:30 – Engines aren’t currently supported


• 23:53 – How local state affects hot reloading


• 27:50 – Fast feedback is the primary motivation


• 34:05 – What are the next steps for Ember CLI Hot Reloader?


• 37:51 – What happens to a component’s transient state if it’s hot reloaded?


• 39:44 – How to help if you’re interested in hot reloading in Ember

Links:

• Ember CLI Hot Loader


• Toran’s side-by-side hot reloading demo


• Bret Victor, Inventing on Principle