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0 pointssandGorgon10y ago0 comments

well i like jspm, but as others have mentioned - it is too slow. is there a way to compile all the dependencies and cache-buster-fingerprint them ? I serve my app statically using nginx and cloudfront.

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hardwaresofton10y ago· 2 in thread

What's your full build/bundle time like? May be faster to just bundle the parts you need and build them (and use the compiled output). Also ensure caching is enabled for the stuff you want to cache (deps, I assume).

Cachebusting is possible with systemjs. Looks like this project is a good start:

https://github.com/stealjs/cache-bust

Here's a quick-n-dirty fix for this same problem when working with Aurelia:

https://github.com/aurelia/framework/issues/94#issuecomment-...

Here's where SystemJS devs are discussing adding cachebusting:

https://github.com/systemjs/systemjs/issues/172

sandGorgonOP10y ago

i was looking at the last issue. it seems inconclusive - I like to serve my js from CDN, so this is very very important.

what is your opinion of webpack in general though ?

hardwaresofton10y ago

Ahh unfortunately I don't one worth sharing -- I've only used webpack once, most other projects (big or small) I've worked on have used RequireJS, JSPM, or Ember CLI.

Also, please look at the other responses, bundling deps seems to be the definitive answer to how to speed up JSPM. Though of course your cache busting issue is separate.

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circlingthesun10y ago· 2 in thread

Gulp-rev-all (https://github.com/smysnk/gulp-rev-all) works well for me.

sandGorgonOP10y ago

are you using this with systemjs ? can you point out how ?

circlingthesun10y ago

Well, I use SystemJS to build a stream of in memory files and pipe them to gulp-rev-all. My gulpfile is a bit complex but feel free to use it as reference: http://pastebin.com/zgBsx7Zj

true_religion10y ago

It is pretty slow, but I'm guessing that's from the Babel compilation.

I ended up compiling the 3rd party dependencies into a single bundle, then letting JSPM run only on my app's code.

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