webpack VS parcel

The JS SDK now lets you opt out of specific modules you don't need and optimize the final bundle size. You can do that by using either of two popular JavaScript build tools: Rollup or Webpack.

Webpack: A bundler for managing and optimizing module dependencies. Learn More

Description: A module bundler that compiles JavaScript modules (along with assets like styles and images) into a single bundle or multiple bundles for optimized loading. It also supports hot reloading and code splitting. Use Cases: Bundling and optimizing JavaScript files for production, often used in larger web projects. Website: Webpack

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For its part, Next.js is the most popular React framework. As any other JavaScript application that uses a bundler such as webpack or Vite, for production a compiled version of the project is used. This is known as build. A build aims to provide the minimum amount of code needed for the application to function the same as it does in development. This ensures that JavaScript files are very lightweight, allowing the browser to fetch and interpret them in the shortest possible time to render the user interface or perform whatever tasks the application requires."

Webpack manages standalone applications.

Previously, Strapi used Webpack, a free and open-source module bundler for JavaScript.

Webpack is a module bundler used to build modern JavaScript applications. It allows developers to compile modules and optimize assets in an application. A key feature of Webpack is that it is flexible in its customization, which enables it to be suitable for both small- and large-scale applications. You can install Webpack by running the command below:

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If you're working with a modern web framework like React or Vue, you might be using something like Webpack or Rollup to bundle your assets. These tools are great, but a simpler approach to managing assets exists. This is where DAM can complement your existing build process.

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You will need a web bundler. You can use parcel.js

To run this script, we need a web bundler like parcel js.

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Someone even opened a discussion to ask if Parcel is dead. The official answer is no, Parcel is still alive, but it's in a we-are-working-on-a-large-refactor-and-no-time-for-minor-releases state. To us, it's like a "duck death": The latest version we can use is from more than a year ago, and we don't know when the next version will be released. It looks like it's dead, it acts like it's dead, so it's dead to us. Trust me, we tried.

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.

You forgot Parcel, which is working on v3 https://parceljs.org/

We are operating within a Node environment, so our first step is to initialize our project by creating a package.json where we define dependencies and commands. Personally, I use both webpack (on top of which @wordpress/scripts is built) and Parcel. While using two different build engines may lack elegance, Parcel’s user-friendly approach compensates for this compared to webpack. Its commands are straightforward, requiring no additional configuration files. However, if you prefer using webpack exclusively, you can achieve this with just a few additions to your webpack.config.js.

Parcel is a fast and zero-configuration web application bundler designed to simplify the build process for modern web projects. It's not limited to web applications, and it can be used to build packages targeting the browser or Node.js.

At first we wanted to just get rid of all the helper utilities. Keep only the kernel, but this would mean a loss of backward compatibility. We needed some efficient code processing instead with recomposition and tree-shaking. We needed a bundler. But which one? Our testing approach relies on targets, not sources. We rebuilt the project frequently, speed was critical requirement. In essence, we chose a solution from a couple of among all available alternatives: esbuild and parcel. Esbuild won. Specifically in our case, it proved to be more productive and customizable.