What is the difference between `compileProductionE...

# javascript

[Vampire]

What is the difference between compileProductionExecutableKotlinJs and compileDevelopmentExecutableKotlinJs?
According to their outputFile property they both write to <project dir>/build/js/packages/<project>/kotlin/<project>.js which per-se is maybe not the best idea already.
But what is the difference, I can find neither in the docs.

[andylamax]

compileDevelopmentExecutableKotlinJs spits unminified js (which is executes fast)
compileProductionExecutableKotlinJs spits out minified js (which is executes slower but yields much smaller files for production)

[Vampire]

I see, thanks.
Still questionable whether they should overwrite each others outputs though.

[turansky]

1. Both use common NPM resources
2. Only one mode (production or development) can be active at the moment

[Vampire]

But it is always problematic if two tasks overwrite each others output.
If you e. g. run A then B then A without any changes made, A cannot be up-to-date as B changed its outputs and things like that.

[Ilya Goncharov [JB]]

Yes, for now they have similar output location, production is with enabled DCE

[Vampire]

It's not similar, it is identical, isn't it?
Or did I misread?
Btw. maybe would make sense to have that in the docs (the difference) 🙂

[Ilya Goncharov [JB]]

It’s not similar, it is identical, isn’t it?

Yes, until it will be changed separately for one of tasks

Btw. maybe would make sense to have that in the docs (the difference) 🙂

cc @Sebastian Aigner