How much could a MBP upgrade speed up the compilation process?

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Hi guys,

I'm using a MBP 13' 2010, 4GB Ram with Intel C2D 2,5 Ghz right now with a Crucial M4 SSD and my main problem is how long it takes to run my project in simulator. (iOS iPad 5.1 SDK project)

Is there any way to speed things up? I mean, even for a little change like changing the "left" attribute of a label, I have to re-run the project. Right now, every time I re-run the project in simulator, it takes up about 35 seconds.

Is there any "fast boot mode" or something like that for running your project in TI studio? And would an upgrade to a current MBP 13' with dual core Intel Core i5 optimize the startup times? (with the same SSD that I have currently in my MBP)

Or is TI studio just generally that slow because of the python stuff that happens in background and it isn't even possible to run a complex project in under 10 seconds if you don't buy the most expensive MBP Retina...?

Thanks for any hints.

— asked 11 months ago by Benjamin Sommerfeld
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  • If anybody would help me with a direct performance comparison, here's my test of the current KitchenSink project:

    • Running a clean build in iPhone simulator ([INFO] Performing full rebuild. This will take a little bit. Hold tight...)
    • Time from "clicking play button" to "KitchenSink app being ready for use in iPhone simulator window"

    --> 40 seconds

    — commented 11 months ago by Benjamin Sommerfeld

  • Running KitchenSink normally (without cleaning the project before running it) is almost the same, 38 seconds.

    — commented 11 months ago by Benjamin Sommerfeld

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38 seconds in my MacBook with Clean build, 8 seconds without clean.

— answered 11 months ago by Oskar Laguillo
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  • Thanks! On my machine it also takes 38 seconds without clean...really bad performance for some reason. So running without clean is nearly the same as building the project completely new...

    — commented 11 months ago by Benjamin Sommerfeld

  • If you have a few more minutes...could you test your disk speed performance as well? Just to make sure that it is the CPU / Ram that makes the difference...not that I buy a new macbook and afterwards I find out my SSD was the problem...that would be great!

    I use this free tool from Mac App Store:

    Blackmagic Disk Test

    My results are: Write 210 MB/s, Read 270 MB/s

    — commented 11 months ago by Benjamin Sommerfeld

Upgrade to this: https://github.com/dbankier/TiShadow/

— answered 11 months ago by Ivan Škugor
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  • Hey Ivan here are some metrics.

    Old Mac: Large Project on to iPhone (device), iPad (simulator) and Android (device) all at once:

    • clean build: 8 secs
    • update: 1.5 secs

    Old Mac Air: Community App to iPhone (device)

    • clean build: 5 secs
    • update: <1 sec

    — commented 10 months ago by David Bankier

  • That's a lot faster. :)

    — commented 10 months ago by Ivan Škugor

I have a 13" MacBook Pro with Core i5 2,3 GHz CPU, 8 GB. of RAM and a Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB. and it takes 6 seconds since i click the "Play" button...

— answered 11 months ago by Oskar Laguillo
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  • Thanks for your post. To have an objective comparison we should have the same project, of course. Mine is relatively complex with 20+ js files with sourcecode that is many pages long. Do you have the current KitchenSink on your mac? Maybe you could run that in iPhone simulator and tell me how long it takes to completely compile that (clean build)?

    — commented 11 months ago by Benjamin Sommerfeld

  • I just ran a clean build of KitchenSink on my machine. ("[INFO] Performing full rebuild. This will take a little bit. Hold tight...")

    It takes 40 seconds from "clicking play button" to "app being ready for use in simulator".

    — commented 11 months ago by Benjamin Sommerfeld

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