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19 May, 2018 08:36 AM

Hi,
Is there any possibility to parallelize tasks?
For example npm restoring and downloading some additional files?

1. 1 Posted by Ilya Finkelshte... on 21 May, 2018 09:05 PM

   

   It is not supported 1st class but you can try to do some scripting like this:

   environment:
     exePath: C:\BuildTools_Full.exe
     downloadUrl: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/B/B/9BB1309E-1A8F-4A47-A6C5-ECF76672A3B3/BuildTools_Full.exe
   install:
   - ps: Start-Job -Name download -ScriptBlock {(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($env:downloadUrl, $env:exePath)}
   - cmd: npm install
   - ps: Wait-Job -Name download
   

   here is the build worked for me. I did not tested that on really heavy npm install in parallel with big file download, so I do not know how much build speed it increased. Let us know how it works for you.

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2. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 02:28 AM.