11
Thoughts about new fancy JavaScript tools in Rust? (lemy.lol)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by iso@lemy.lol to c/javascript@programming.dev
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I've heard many of them. For example: rolldown, rspack, swc, oxc, esbuild, parcel, vite etc.

I can currently use JS projects without these tools. What extra do they add? Why should I use them instead of simply using tsc?

Though I must admit I like vite simplicity in front-end.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Most of what you listed are bundlers, and they exist because they go faster. You probably won't gain much in a small project, but when tsc starts taking 5 to 10 minutes to build - that's a good time to shop around.

[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

5 minutes? Jesus I wouldn't wait that long when there's a simple way to make your build 10x faster.

this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2024
11 points (100.0% liked)

JavaScript

2786 readers
1 users here now

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
erlingur@programming.dev
Ategon@programming.dev
nick@programming.dev