fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin VS webpack-dev-server

Compare fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin vs webpack-dev-server and see what are their differences.

fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin

Webpack plugin that runs typescript type checker on a separate process. (by TypeStrong)
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webpack-dev-server

Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes. Documentation https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/. (by webpack)
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fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin

Posts with mentions or reviews of fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-01.
  • Converting to Typescript
    3 projects | /r/reactjs | 1 Jun 2022
    Okay. The normal setup is that you use https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader or https://github.com/TypeStrong/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin as part of your Webpack config. Those will run the TS compilation step as part of the Webpack processing sequence.
  • Announcing Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier written in Rust!
    8 projects | /r/rust | 12 Jan 2022
    I work on a TypeScript project of similar size and complexity, and ours does not take even nearly that long to compile on save. Have you tried fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin? We had compile times similar to yours until we started using it. Went from >60s to <1s builds in development. It's very simple to set up.
  • Do you guys compile with ts-loader or babel-loader?
    4 projects | /r/typescript | 24 Dec 2021
    Yeah, I mean less loaders = less time. Did you try fork ts checker and compileOnly? https://github.com/TypeStrong/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin
  • Hey when I want to run a vue frontend I need to increase my memory size, because js jumps out of memory.
    2 projects | /r/node | 3 Sep 2021
    That worker/memory limit is for the type checking only (rather than runtime memory), I believe this is done using https://github.com/TypeStrong/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin
  • Adding Typescript to your Existing Rails App
    7 projects | dev.to | 27 Jul 2021
    There are many ways to integrate TypeScript with an existing Webpack configuration. If you use the babel-loader package to transpile JavaScript files, you can add the @babel/preset-typescript preset to generate JavaScript files and the Fork TS Checker Webpack Plugin package to run the TypeScript type checker so that the build fails if there are type errors.
  • Blazing fast TypeScript with Webpack and ESBuild
    7 projects | dev.to | 28 Jun 2021
    esbuild-loader (secret sauce!) fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin (helps us with typechecking) nodemon-webpack-plugin (We can also use webpack-dev-server)
  • Debugging with developer tools
    1 project | /r/Zettlr | 6 Jun 2021
    I cloned github repo into a new dir, ran install with --frozen-lockfile and test-gui with --clean and got the same error. Looks like it's coming from fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin and then found this among its reported issues: (https://github.com/TypeStrong/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin/issues/562).
  • Why Is Esbuild Fast?
    18 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Feb 2021
    You may want to check out this webpack plugin [1], though I'm not sure how much it could get you there.

    [1] https://github.com/TypeStrong/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin...

webpack-dev-server

Posts with mentions or reviews of webpack-dev-server. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-14.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin and webpack-dev-server you can also consider the following projects:

swc - Rust-based platform for the Web

esbuild-loader - Webpack loader for esbuild: Speed up your build ⚡️

babel-loader - 📦 Babel loader for webpack

nodemon-webpack-plugin - A webpack plugin that uses Nodemon to start and reload the server.

esbuild

esbuild - An extremely fast bundler for the web

sucrase - Super-fast alternative to Babel for when you can target modern JS runtimes

webpack-cli - Webpack's Command Line Interface

vite-ts-tailwind-starter - Opinionated Vite + Vue 3 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS starter template w/ tests and CI.

html-webpack-plugin - Simplifies creation of HTML files to serve your webpack bundles

esbuild-register - Transpile JSX, TypeScript and esnext features on the fly with esbuild

cross-env

fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin vs swc webpack-dev-server vs esbuild-loader fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin vs babel-loader webpack-dev-server vs nodemon-webpack-plugin fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin vs esbuild webpack-dev-server vs esbuild fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin vs sucrase webpack-dev-server vs webpack-cli fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin vs vite-ts-tailwind-starter webpack-dev-server vs html-webpack-plugin fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin vs esbuild-register webpack-dev-server vs cross-env