Hot Restart
Hot Restart is a development feature that allows an application to restart quickly without losing its current state, such as user data or session information, during the development process. It is commonly used in frameworks and tools to speed up iteration by avoiding full application shutdowns and restarts. This contrasts with a full restart, which resets the application to its initial state.
Developers should use Hot Restart when working on applications where preserving state between restarts is crucial for efficient debugging and testing, such as in mobile app development with Flutter or web development with certain frameworks. It reduces development time by allowing rapid code changes and immediate feedback without disrupting the user experience or losing context, making it ideal for iterative development cycles.