Django | Use Pywatchman And Watchman For Better Runsever Performance On Reload

Context

Question

Better autoreaload for dev server

Answer

If you’re using Linux or MacOS and install both pywatchman and the Watchman service, kernel signals will be used to autoreload the server (rather than polling file modification timestamps each second). This offers better performance on large projects, reduced response time after code changes, more robust change detection, and a reduction in power usage. Django supports pywatchman 1.2.0 and higher.

What I Learned

Resources

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/django-admin/#runserver