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  1. 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.

    Let's install webpack and webpack-cli, we'll be using Webpack 5

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  3. webpack-cli

    Webpack's Command Line Interface

    Let's install webpack and webpack-cli, we'll be using Webpack 5

  4. esbuild

    An extremely fast bundler for the web

    ESbuild is an extremely fast JavaScript bundler, upto 10-100x fast. You can check the benchmark and read more here

  5. esbuild-loader

    💠 Speed up your Webpack with esbuild ⚡️

    esbuild-loader (secret sauce!) fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin (helps us with typechecking) nodemon-webpack-plugin (We can also use webpack-dev-server)

  6. fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin

    Webpack plugin that runs typescript type checker on a separate process.

    esbuild-loader (secret sauce!) fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin (helps us with typechecking) nodemon-webpack-plugin (We can also use webpack-dev-server)

  7. nodemon-webpack-plugin

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

    esbuild-loader (secret sauce!) fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin (helps us with typechecking) nodemon-webpack-plugin (We can also use webpack-dev-server)

  8. webpack-dev-server

    Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes. Documentation https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/.

    esbuild-loader (secret sauce!) fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin (helps us with typechecking) nodemon-webpack-plugin (We can also use webpack-dev-server)

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