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importmap-rails reviews and mentions

• Importmap or jsbundling? I use both
  1 project | dev.to | 12 Oct 2024

  This is because the @lit/reactive-element package has many optional modules that were not downloaded. But if you download all optional modules, the importmap configuration will become very bloated. There is a PR in progress (#235), but it's hard to say if it will solve the problem because the issue lies in the library authors not considering the need for unbundled imports.

• Buh-Bye Webpack and Node.js, Hello Rails and Import Maps
  3 projects | dev.to | 6 Aug 2024

  At a high level, the importmaps-rails Gem allows developers to import maps into their applications. The use of /bin/importmap allows engineers to update, pin, or unpin dependencies as needed. This is similar to how Maven and Gradle work in Java-based projects.

• Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites
  7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Jun 2024

  Before ESM I wasn't nearly as sold on skipping the build step, but now it feels like there's a much nicer browser native way of handling dependencies, if only I can get the files in the right shape!

  The Rails community are leaning into this heavily now: https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails

• Do you know how the delivery of assets works in your Rails 7 app?
  1 project | dev.to | 23 Jun 2024

  // Configure your import map in config/importmap.rb. Read more: https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails import "@hotwired/turbo-rails" import "controllers" import "bootstrap" import "@popperjs/core"

• The Rails asset pipeline, old and new
  2 projects | dev.to | 28 Apr 2024

  It is implemented as a thor task in lib/importmap/cmmands.rb

• RubyJS-Vite
  11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Apr 2024

  With importmaps (https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails) and Hotwire (https://hotwired.dev/), you write plain js and serve it.

  Also packages are served via CDN. There is no tree shaking. Rails got rid of the whole bundling step.

• First commits in a Ruby on Rails app
  6 projects | dev.to | 17 Jan 2024

  Importmap audit - “checks the NPM registry for known security issues”

• Asset compilation taking ~ 12 mins
  2 projects | /r/rails | 6 Jul 2023

  It worked, but JS changes were not coming through. Digging into the Importmap docs (see 'sweeping the cache', it monitors changes according to the setting config.importmap.cache_sweepers. So, by adding the locations where I have my JS files, I also got JS changes passed through.

• Is the default importmap method unrealistic in the most popular real world use cases?
  5 projects | /r/rails | 9 May 2023

  You can't use TypeScript, or anything that requires pre-compile, with importmap. answered issue

• Ruby on Rails with React on Typescript using importmaps
  3 projects | dev.to | 1 May 2023

  Let's begin by installing the necessary dependencies. The first gem generates the importmap object, manages caching, and helps with library installations, among other things. I recommend reading the entire readme to become familiar with its capabilities. The second gem will be discussed later, it is used to compile JSX files. Gemfile

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