vite-plugin-node VS vitest

Compare vite-plugin-node vs vitest and see what are their differences.

vite-plugin-node

Vite plugin to run your node dev server with HMR! (by axe-me)

vitest

Next generation testing framework powered by Vite. (by vitest-dev)
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vite-plugin-node vitest
2 108
935 11,784
- 3.5%
3.4 9.8
22 days ago 4 days ago
TypeScript TypeScript
MIT License MIT License
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vite-plugin-node

Posts with mentions or reviews of vite-plugin-node. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-15.
  • Getting started with NestJS, Vite, and esbuild
    7 projects | dev.to | 15 Sep 2022
    One of the advantages of using the Vite plugin (vite-plugin-node) is that we can choose to use either esbuild or swc to compile our TypeScript files, though we used only esbuild in this post.
  • Better Backend DX: Fastify + ESBuild = ⚡️
    8 projects | dev.to | 9 May 2022
    Yes, there is a Vite plugin: vite-plugin-node which leverages Vite's SSR mode to bring HMR to the Node dev server and also provides adapters for Express, Koa, and Fastify.

vitest

Posts with mentions or reviews of vitest. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-16.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vite-plugin-node and vitest you can also consider the following projects:

fastify-esbuild - Boilerplate to create a Fastify app with better DX

jest - Delightful JavaScript Testing.

fastify - Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js

Playwright - Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.

fastify-autoload - Require all plugins in a directory

swc - Rust-based platform for the Web

esbuild - An extremely fast bundler for the web

ava - Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence 🚀

vite-plugin-xml-loader - Lightweight Vite plugin that converts all XML to JSON

happy-dom - A JavaScript implementation of a web browser without its graphical user interface

vite-plugins

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