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Is it common for Java devs to wait 30s+ for a recompile after making any change?

I'm mostly used to Python programming..

I seems like the Java/Kotlin world largely might be sort of used to waiting 30+ seconds for a recompile after making even a 1 line code change.

I've asked around, and I've heard that yes there are ways to speed it up if you setup everything correctly and have a good strategy in place for using cache.

However, I'm getting the sense that most of the Java projects out there might have a horrific dev experience where the devs might just accept that its Java and that's how it is, in which case, there must be a lot of miserable Java devs who waste most of their day waiting.

Please someone say it isn't so..

7 points jonthepirate 3 years ago 19 comments

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