Webpack Performance Tuning: Minimizing Build Times for Large Projects

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Yarn Landing Page
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Yarn

Yarn is a package manager for your code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Now that we've discussed optimizations to reduce Webpack build times, let's shift our focus to package installation times. Currently, we are using Yarn 1.22, where the installation process takes approximately 10 minutes.

#Developer Tools #Front End Package Manager #JS Build Tools 117 social mentions
Vite Landing Page
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Vite

Next Generation Frontend Tooling
Pricing:
- Open Source
When considering improvements in bundling performance, a common suggestion is to switch to Vite, which offers a significant performance advantage. While it is doable, However because of dependencies on core webpack within our project, and many necessary packages like Loadable which aren’t supported in other bundlers, transitioning to Vite proved challenging. Additionally, strict limitation on the final bundle size made this option less feasible.

#Software Development #Web Frameworks #Developer Tools 465 social mentions
Sentry.io Landing Page

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Sentry.io

From error tracking to performance monitoring, developers can see what actually matters, solve quicker, and learn continuously about their applications - from the frontend to the backend.

#Error Tracking #Exception Monitoring #Monitoring Tools 67 social mentions
Sass Landing Page
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Sass

Syntatically Awesome Style Sheets
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Design Tools #CSS Framework 145 social mentions
PostCSS Landing Page
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PostCSS

Increase code readability. Add vendor prefixes to CSS rules using values from Can I Use. Autoprefixer will use the data based on current browser popularity and property support to apply prefixes for you.
Pricing:
- Open Source
PostCSS is essential to the frontend ecosystem, with 69,473,603 downloads per week, it is bigger than all the above libraries mentioned, and has many features other than polyfilling, it is used by all the frameworks like Next.js, Svelte, Vue, and Tailwind under the hood. LightningCSS, created by the maintainer of another bundler Parcel, and written in Rust, is an excellent alternative. It provides all the functionalities of PostCSS, including autoprefixer, with enhanced performance.

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Parcel Landing Page
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Parcel

Blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler
Pricing:
- Open Source
While bundlers like Vite and Parcel present challenges due to our specific needs, two newer alternatives for Webpack show promise. Turbopack, the successor to Webpack created by Tobias Koppers, offers substantial performance enhancements. But, its current beta status and exclusivity for Next.js, limits its immediate usability for us.

#Web Application Bundler #Assets Bundler #JS Build Tools 113 social mentions
Next.js Landing Page
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Next.js

A small framework for server-rendered universal JavaScript apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
This architecture allows Webpack to extend its capabilities far beyond its core functionality. By providing a robust plugin and loader system, Webpack becomes a highly extensible platform. This allows developers to create custom plugins, loaders, and configurations tailored to specific project needs. As a result, webpack serves as a foundation for more specialized tools and frameworks like Next.js.

#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework 1077 social mentions
NewRelic Landing Page

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NewRelic

New Relic is a Software Analytics company that makes sense of billions of metrics across millions of apps. We help the people who build modern software understand the stories their data is trying to tell them.

#Application Performance Monitoring #Performance Monitoring #Monitoring Tools 102 social mentions
ExpressJS Landing Page
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ExpressJS

Sinatra inspired web development framework for node.js -- insanely fast, flexible, and simple
Pricing:
- Open Source
The platform consists of an Express.js backend and a React frontend, each requiring a separate build process. Furthermore, we adhere to the Adaptive design philosophy, meaning we create distinct builds for mobile and desktop, to minimize the bundle size.

#JavaScript Framework #Node.js Framework #Web Frameworks 470 social mentions
esbuild Landing Page
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esbuild

An extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier
Pricing:
- Open Source
Babel with 49,577,061 npm downloads per week, is the most used tool for JavaScript transformation, we looked at Esbuild as a replacement but many functionalities, most notably loadable support, are missing. Another alternative SWC, written in Rust, supports all the necessary functionalities we need, and on top of that it has APIs similar to Babel, making migration much smoother than other alternatives:.

#JS Build Tools #Web Application Bundler #Project Management 144 social mentions
Bun.sh Landing Page
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Bun.sh

Bun is an all-in-one JavaScript runtime & toolkit designed for speed, complete with a bundler, test runner, and Node.js-compatible package manager.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Here is a benchmark published on Github that compares the performance of various package managers, including Yarn, Pnpm and Bun.

#JavaScript Runtime #JavaScript #JavaScript Tools 204 social mentions
Babel Landing Page
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Babel

Babel is a compiler for writing next generation JavaScript.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Babel with 49,577,061 npm downloads per week, is the most used tool for JavaScript transformation, we looked at Esbuild as a replacement but many functionalities, most notably loadable support, are missing. Another alternative SWC, written in Rust, supports all the necessary functionalities we need, and on top of that it has APIs similar to Babel, making migration much smoother than other alternatives:.

#Development Tools #Javascript UI Libraries #JavaScript Framework 147 social mentions