Speeding Up Site Generation in Jekyll
When I work on my site I start jekyll using the following command line:
jekyll serve --future --draftsI like this because it shows me what I’m working on and regenerates the files as things are updated:
Regenerating: 1 file(s) changed at 2016-05-22 14:24:25 ...done in 5.648222 seconds.
Regenerating: 1 file(s) changed at 2016-05-22 14:24:43 ...done in 5.055759 seconds.The downside to this is that if I’m quickly switching between proof reading a post and editing a post it gets a little slow waiting 5+ seconds for the page to regenerate (you should try it). I started looking into the documentation for jekyll serve and there’s an option that allows you to limit how many posts it uses:
jekyll serve --limit_posts 50 --future --draftsThis cuts down the time required to see my changes:
Regenerating: 1 file(s) changed at 2016-05-22 14:25:29 ...done in 1.168727 seconds.
Regenerating: 1 file(s) changed at 2016-05-22 14:25:49 ...done in 0.96031 seconds.That 4 seconds makes a huge difference.
Scott Keck-Warren
Scott is the Director of Technology at WeCare Connect where he strives to provide solutions for his customers needs. He's the father of two and can be found most weekends working on projects around the house with his loving partner.
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