Startup is slow

[Akryum]

Describe the bug
It takes a few seconds to start on Windows (~6-7 sec. on my computer)

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open the app

Expected behavior
Startup time should be lower, maximum 1 or 2 seconds.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• Node version: 12.16
• Are you using nvm? Yes

[tbeseda]

FWIW: My startup time is ~2-3 sec. This is similar to Slack, VSCode, Discord. Slower than Firefox, Sublime Text 3. Faster than Spotify, Steam.

Machine: Win 10 Pro 1909
i5-6600 @ 3.30GHz
16GB RAM

Node: 12.16.1

nvm: No

[Akryum]

Is your startup time the time it takes to have the home screen displayed? My window opens almost instantly.

[tbeseda]

That's the time to see the guijs UI/home screen. Launched again and used a stopwatch app for rough timing: got 4 seconds. Seems close to yours; could be improved I'd guess.

[Akryum]

On my computers:

• Windows 10, i7 3.5GHz 16GB RAM ➡️ ~7.5s
• Linux, i7 2.7 GHz 8GB RAM ➡️ ~4s

[nothingismagick]

I think that this is because of the way we are making sure the latest version is installed. Right @lucasfernog ?

[lucasfernog]

Yeah we really should make the updater run only once a day or something like that, or maybe run after the UI is shown, but that would require a better integration with frontend-core.

[Akryum]

maybe run after the UI is shown, but that would require a better integration with frontend-core

That would be rad. I'll work on a new updater UI in the future.

[Akryum]

Server startup time could be improved too I think.