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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.Pricing:
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But what is the output of a JS project? Its usually a single JS file called bundle.js or index.js, which contains the entire JS source code of the project in a highly condensed, minified manner. This is usually achieved using tools like Webpack.
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Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications
Now, to execute the JS in this minimized bundle file, we use a JS Engine like the V8 Engine which is found in Chromium and Node.js, and it executes the JS in a compilation technique called Just-In-Time (JIT) Compilation.
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