Live re-application and diff view updates of aspects on save
It's awfully convenient to enable Continuous Testing in Visual Studio. I turn it on and every time I save a file, Visual Studio kicks in to re-run any unit tests that apply to that particular bit of code and if I've got the test tooling panel open, I can see in near real-time whether I've broken anything.
Today, when I start making changes to as aspect, that little golden bar shows up at the top of Visual Studio indicating that I'm making changes to the aspect and when I'm finished, I can click the "I'm done" button. The aspect will be re-applied everywhere applicable and after a brief pause (indicated by the processing of background tasks icon in the bottom left of Visual Studio) I can right click any of the targets it's applied to, select the "Show Metalama Diff" option from the context menu and voila, there's the target with the applied aspect. If I already have a diff open, I have to close it and re-open it from a target.
All well and good for now, but I'd like to propose that this workflow be updated to reflect something more akin to the Continuous Testing functionality. I'd love to instead shift the workflow to the following:
Thank you for the consideration!
Today, when I start making changes to as aspect, that little golden bar shows up at the top of Visual Studio indicating that I'm making changes to the aspect and when I'm finished, I can click the "I'm done" button. The aspect will be re-applied everywhere applicable and after a brief pause (indicated by the processing of background tasks icon in the bottom left of Visual Studio) I can right click any of the targets it's applied to, select the "Show Metalama Diff" option from the context menu and voila, there's the target with the applied aspect. If I already have a diff open, I have to close it and re-open it from a target.
All well and good for now, but I'd like to propose that this workflow be updated to reflect something more akin to the Continuous Testing functionality. I'd love to instead shift the workflow to the following:
- Make changes to an aspect. Visual Studio detects that I've made changes and marks the tab with the asterisk showing unsaved changes. No golden warnings show up.
- When I save the aspect, it automatically applies it behind the scenes to all applicable targets
- If I have any Metalama Diff windows open, they maybe show a little icon in a corner indicating they're getting updated, but then automatically refresh to show the updates as applied (and any such open tabs are prioritized as the first targets of any aspect updates with other updates happening in the background, assuming they run in some sort of consecutive order).
Thank you for the consideration!
