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38leinaD 38leinaD Blog Minimalist Webstandards with rollup.js 16 October 2022
I have been a long-time fan of what once was called Pika and now is called Snowpack . Basically, it was the revolution how JavaScript web-apps are built. Instead of requiring a custom dev-server and doing a lot of "bundler magic" behind the scenes (basically every framework out there like Angular, Vue, etc. using Webpack), it just processed the Node dependencies and converted them into standard ES6 modules. What you could do now is reference this standard ES6 modules from your App without the need of a spec
To me this approach always felt very natural, intuitive and did not introduce too much dependency on complex tools that lock you in. With Snowpack 3, I am getting the same vibe now like previously with Webpack. It has become a complex tool (includes bundeling, minification, etc.) that requires you to now use it’s own dev-server.
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