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- Entr – tool for watching files and running commands
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Meet entr, the standalone file watcher
entr ("Event Notify Test Runner"; GitHub), is a command-line tool written by Eric Radman that allows running arbitrary commands whenever files change.
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How to build a website without frameworks and tons of libraries
I use something very similar on https://lunar.fyi and https://lowtechguys.com but I wouldn’t call this “simple” anymore.
They use Jinja templating, I prefer Slim (https://github.com/slim-template/slim#syntax-example) which has a more Pythonic syntax (there is plim [0] in Python for that)
I use Tailwind as well for terse styling and fast experimentation (allows me to write a darkMode-aware and responsive 100 line CSS in a single line with about 10 classes)
For interaction I can write CoffeeScript directly in the page [1] and have it compiled by plim.
I run a Caddy static server [2] and use Syncthing [3] to have every file save deployed instantly to my Hetzner server.
I use entr [4] and livereloadx [5] to rebuild the pages and do hot reload on file save. All the commands are managed in a simple Makefile [6]
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You can already see how the footnotes take up a large chunk of this comment, this is not my idea of simple. Sure, the end result is readable static HTML and I never have to fight obscure React errors, but it’s a high effort setup for starters.
Simple for me would be: write markdown files for pages, a simple CSS for general styling (should be optional), click to deploy on my domain. Images should automatically be resized to multiple sizes and optimized, videos re-encoded for smaller filesize etc.
I have mostly implemented that for myself (https://notes.alinpanaitiu.com/How%20I%20write%20this%20blog...) but it feels fragile. I’d rather pay for a professional solution.
[0] https://plim.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
[1] https://github.com/FuzzyIdeas/lowtechguys/blob/main/src/rcmd...
[2] https://caddyserver.com/docs/command-line#caddy-file-server
[3] https://syncthing.net
[4] https://github.com/eradman/entr
[5] https://nitoyon.github.io/livereloadx/
[6] https://github.com/FuzzyIdeas/lowtechguys/blob/main/Makefile
- How to start a Go project in 2023
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[Guide] A Tour Through the Python Framework Galaxy: Discovering the Stars
Try entr for fast reloading. Another one is hupper.
- Use entr when working on you rice for auto config refreshing
- The Unix process API is unreliable and unsafe
- How do you develop cloud-native applications locally on Kubernetes?
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What are the not-so-obvious tools that you don't want to miss?
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- Test driven development is adhd dream
esbuild
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Use Notion as your CMS along with Next.js
During my search for deploying Lambdas via GitHub actions, I came across a tutorial that utilized ncc for converting TypeScript and bundling. While ncc is effective, I discovered esbuild, which proved to be significantly faster and perfectly suited to my requirements.
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⏰ It’s time to talk about Import Map, Micro Frontend, and Nx Monorepo
The advent of esbuild, the native support for ES Modules in browsers, the widespread adoption of import map, the emergence of tools like Native Federation, and the Nx ecosystem all combine to forge a flexible and well-maintained Micro Frontend Architecture.
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JS Toolbox 2024: Bundlers and Test Frameworks
EsBuild is a relatively new, blazing-fast JavaScript bundler and minifier. It stands out for its high performance, significantly speeding up the build process in development pipelines.
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Build a Vite 5 backend integration with Flask
Unlike Webpack, the Vite DevServer only compiles files when they are requested. It leverages ES module imports, which allow JS files to import other files without needing to bundle them together during development. When one file changes, only that file needs to be re-compiled, and the rest can remain unchanged. Project files are compiled with Rollup.js. Third-party dependencies in node_modules are pre-compiled using the ultra-fast esbuild bundler for maximum speed, and they are cached until the dependency version changes. Vite also provides a client script for hot module reloading.
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SSR React in Go
Use esbuild to build the React code into a form executable on both the server and client sides.
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Effortless Function as a Service: A Simple Guide to Implementing it with Query
The functions will bundle using esbuild. For that, it is required to install esbuild globally:
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How to run TypeScript natively in Node.js with TSX
TSX is the newest and most improved version of our ts-node, using ESBuild to transpile TS files to JS very quickly. The most interesting part is that TSX was developed to be a complete replacement for Node, so you can actually use TSX as a TypeScript REPL, if you install it globally with npm i -g tsx, just run tsx in your terminal and you can write TSX natively. But what's even cooler is that you can load TSX for all TypeScript files using --loader tsx when you run your file. For example, let's say we have this file called index.ts:
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Quick Summary of Angular 17
esbuild plus Vite is out of developer preview and enabled by default, yielding 67%, 87%, 80% speed improvements for build time, hybrid build time and hybrid serve time respectively.
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In-Depth guide for TypeScript Library
Bundling with esbuild
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11 Ways to Optimize Your Website
Besides Webpack, there are many other popular web bundlers available, such as Parcel, Esbuild, Rollup, and more. They all have their own unique features and strengths, and you should make your decision based on the needs and requirements of your specific project. Please refer to their official websites for details.
What are some alternatives?
watchexec - Executes commands in response to file modifications
swc - Rust-based platform for the Web
nextjs-tailwind-ionic-capacitor-starter - A starting point for building an iOS, Android, and Progressive Web App with Tailwind CSS, React w/ Next.js, Ionic Framework, and Capacitor
vite - Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast!
modd - A flexible developer tool that runs processes and responds to filesystem changes
Rollup - Next-generation ES module bundler
swc-node - Faster ts-node without typecheck
webpack - A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows for loading parts of the application on demand. Through "loaders", modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.
air - ☁️ Live reload for Go apps
parcel - The zero configuration build tool for the web. 📦🚀
vim-test - Run your tests at the speed of thought
terser - 🗜 JavaScript parser, mangler and compressor toolkit for ES6+