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