[browser-esbuild] live-reload=false workflow is less convenient now
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Description
### Command
serve
### Description
I often work with `live-reload` disabled. This is helpful when working on CSS changes, I can try things in browser and then make multiple edits in files before manually reloading.
It's also faster when working on a laptop.
Before esbuild:
1. Make changes.
2. Refresh page.
3. Page reloads after new changes have been compiled.
With esbuild:
1. Changes.
2. Refresh.
3. Page reloads immediately before changes have been compiled. Now I need to monitor terminal and reload the page after successful compilation.
### Describe the solution you'd like
I was okay with the old behaviour where server wouldn't respond before successful compilation.
A less desired alternative would be to log Vite messages in browser's console, so that I can tell when compilation has finished there.
### Describe alternatives you've considered
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the `serve` command's `live-reload=false` workflow and trace how browser requests behave while esbuild compiles changes. Reproduce the refresh sequence, then verify that a refresh waits for successful compilation or that compilation completion is surfaced in the browser console.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100