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I've never seen an app that has a serial string of dependencies. This gives unrealistic results.

You're also not accounting for the build time. Stuff like browserify parses the files to dynamically find dependencies. Throw in some big scripts like jQuery, Ember, Angular, etc. so the build time becomes a factor.

Typically in development the browser has cached 99% of the modules being dynamically loaded and only has to get the files that have changed. Oftentimes, this is MUCH faster than waiting for browserify to parse all the files and create a new build.

I use both methods on different projects. In my dynamically loaded AMD project with several hundred scripts on some page, I don't even notice a lag when I refresh my browser. With livereload running the page is ready for me before I switch windows. However, on that same project, the build takes about 45 seconds because we have 11 megs of JavaScript across the whole app.

It is time to quit thinking your use-cases and experience represent the whole communities :P