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First impressions with Parcel JS

Parcel Webpack Browserify
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    Blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    The big selling point of Parcel though is that it offers a zero configuration experience. This means all the features are available out of the box! It also boasts blazing fast bundle times 👟 You won’t be configuring how Parcel works or having to draft in various plugins to get started. If you do need something, Parcel magically detects this and will pull in stuff for you on the fly 😎

    #Web Application Bundler #Assets Bundler #JS Build Tools 103 social mentions

  2. Webpack is a module bundler. Its main purpose is to bundle JavaScript files for usage in a browser, yet it is also capable of transforming, bundling, or packaging just about any resource or asset.
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    • Open Source
    From first impressions and experience, my take currently would be as follows. Webpack is generally going to be more flexible. It also places a bit more power in the developers hands to make bundling happen exactly as desired. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use Parcel though. Where Parcel excels is the fact you don’t configure it. You will still need to configure plugins for it such as PostCSS and Babel but getting up and running is very streamlined. It allows you to start working on a project without spending much time on setting it up.

    #Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Module Bundler 220 social mentions

  3. Browserify lets you require('modules') in the browser by bundling up all of your dependencies.
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    • Open Source
    Heard of Webpack, Rollup or Browserify? They are popular bundlers. If you’ve used one of them, you’ve used a bundler. A bundler does what it says on the tin, bundles your code 📦

    #JS Build Tools #Module Bundler #Web Application Bundler 21 social mentions

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