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JavaScript Module Bundlers and all that Jazz ✨

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  1. 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
    Webpack is a static module bundler for modern JavaScript applications. On processing your application - Webpack internally builds a dependency graph from one or more entry points and then combines every module your project needs into one or more bundles, which are static assets from which content is served.

    #Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Module Bundler 219 social mentions

  2. Rollup is a module bundler for JavaScript which compiles small pieces of code into a larger piece such as application.
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    • Open Source
    Other popular build tools include Vite.js, Browserify, Rollup - The bundler behind vite.

    #Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager 44 social mentions

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    Blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler
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    • Open Source
    Parcel is a popular zero configuration build tool for the web. Some of its popular features include -.

    #Web Application Bundler #Assets Bundler #JS Build Tools 100 social mentions

  4. Automate and enhance your workflow
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    • Open Source
    Browserify was great at bundling scripts, but what if we need to transform code - Say compile CoffeeScript to JavaScript, for this, a new group of tools for the web was born, which focussed on running code transforms. These are usually called task runners, and the most popular ones are Grunt and Gulp.

    #Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Module Bundler 25 social mentions

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    The Grunt ecosystem is huge and it's growing every day.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Browserify was great at bundling scripts, but what if we need to transform code - Say compile CoffeeScript to JavaScript, for this, a new group of tools for the web was born, which focussed on running code transforms. These are usually called task runners, and the most popular ones are Grunt and Gulp.

    #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 14 social mentions

  6. Browserify lets you require('modules') in the browser by bundling up all of your dependencies.
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    • Open Source
    This began to change when NPM came in and running npm install became a quick and easy way to install dependencies. Browserify became the first JavaScript bundler. As its documentation says -.

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

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