Vite 8.0 is out!

kept by eddie mar 13

Vite 8 replaces esbuild and Rollup with a single Rust-based bundler, Rolldown, delivering up to 10-30x faster builds.

Vite 8.1 is out!
Vite 8.1 introduces experimental bundled dev mode for faster startup in large apps, chunk import maps, Wasm ESM support, and moves toward Lightning CSS by default.
also on VoidZero, Rolldown, Vite, #open-source, #developer-tools
Do we still need build tools?
The article argues that while modern CSS and JS features reduce the need for many build tools, bundling and minification remain essential for larger projects.
also on Rollup, esbuild, Vite, #developer-tools
Introducing Nub: an all-in-one toolkit for Node.js — Nub
Nub is a Rust CLI that augments Node.js with TypeScript execution, fast script/bin running, built-in version management, and a pnpm-compatible package manager — all without replacing Node's runtime.
also on Oxc, esbuild, #rust, #open-source, #developer-tools
VoidZero is joining Cloudflare
VoidZero, the company behind Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, and Vite+, is joining Cloudflare; the tools will remain open source and vendor-agnostic, with Cloudflare committing $1M to a Vite ecosystem fund.
also on Oxc, Rolldown, Vite, #open-source, #developer-tools
Just a moment...
jQuery 4.0.0 final release drops IE<11 support, removes deprecated APIs, adopts ES modules, adds Trusted Types support, and reduces size by over 3KB gzipped.
also on Rollup, #open-source, #software-engineering, #developer-tools