What is Esbuild?
It is an extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier. Current build tools for the web are 10-100x slower than they could be. The main goal of this project is to bring about a new era of build tool performance, and create an easy-to-use modern bundler along the way.
Esbuild is a tool in the Build Automation category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Extreme speed without needing a cacheES6 and CommonJS modulesTree shaking of ES6 modulesAn API for JavaScript and GoTypeScript and JSX syntaxSource mapsMinificationPlugins
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Esbuild Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Esbuild?
Webpack
A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows to load parts for the application on demand. Through "loaders" modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.
gulp
Build system automating tasks: minification and copying of all JavaScript files, static images. More capable of watching files to automatically rerun the task when a file changes.
Grunt
The less work you have to do when performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc, the easier your job becomes. After you've configured it, a task runner can do most of that mundane work for you—and your team—with basically zero effort.
