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Netbeans 8.0 and phonegap - build process too slow

I really like Netbeans 8.0 and it supports (officially) Cordova.

Unfortunately, For me Building an application takes more than 1'30'' (in this last case total time: 1 minute 42 seconds) which is too much on basic application (I just have 4 core plugins in it) and with Eclipse the same application builds much faster.

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  • Is there anything I can do to increase my build speed?

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I cannot post all the log because it is too big for SO but there are many things are reapeted a number of times, for instance these lines:

  1. skipping existing file: index.md
  2. cp: dest file already exists: C:\Users\user1\Documents\NetBeansProjects\myapp\plugins\org.apache.cordova.device\CONTRIBUTING.md cp: dest file already exists: C:\Users\user1\Documents\NetBeansProjects\myapp\plugins\org.apache.cordova.device\LICENSE
  3. cp: dest file already exists: C:\Users\user1\Documents\NetBeansProjects\myapp\plugins\org.apache.cordova.splashscreen\CONTRIBUTING.md cp: dest file already exists: C:\Users\user1\Documents\NetBeansProjects\myapp\plugins\org.apache.cordova.splashscreen\LICENSE cp: dest file already exists: C:\Users\user1\Documents\NetBeansProjects\myapp\plugins\org.apache.cordova.splashscreen\NOTICE cp: dest file already exists: C:\Users\user1\Documents\NetBeansProjects\myapp\plugins\org.apache.cordova.splashscreen\plugin.xml cp: dest file already exists: C:\Users\user1\Documents\NetBeansProjects\myapp\plugins\org.apache.cordova.splashscreen\README.md cp: dest file already exists: C:\Users\user1\Documents\NetBeansProjects\myapp\plugins\org.apache.cordova.splashscreen\RELEASENOTES.md
Solution

  • Netbeans build process for Cordova/PhoneGap is very slow for me also (HelloWorld takes over a minute and a half to build) and if you 'Run' it again even without modifications it builds the whole thing again!

    I don't know how to speed up the build process for a particular platform but if you switch to 'Embedded WebKit Browser' and then run your app, it is very quick as you skip the entire build process.

    So for now, I would recommend developing using the integrated (or external) browser and then doing a build to iOS/Android when you reach certain milestones.

    Hope this helps.