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Parcel
ByParcelParcel

Parcel

#32in Build Automation
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What is Parcel?

Parcel is a web application bundler, differentiated by its developer experience. It offers blazing fast performance utilizing multicore processing, and requires zero configuration.

Parcel is a tool in the Build Automation category of a tech stack.

Key Features

Blazing fast bundle timesBundle all your assetsAutomatic transformsZero config code splittingHot module replacementFriendly error logging

Parcel Pros & Cons

Pros of Parcel

  • ✓Zero configuration
  • ✓Built-in dev server with livereload

Cons of Parcel

  • ✗Lack of documentation

Parcel Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Parcel?

Webpack

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

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

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.

rollup

rollup

It is a module bundler for JavaScript which compiles small pieces of code into something larger and more complex, such as a library or application. It uses the new standardized format for code modules included in the ES6 revision of JavaScript, instead of previous idiosyncratic solutions such as CommonJS and AMD.

Vite

Vite

It is an opinionated web dev build tool that serves your code via native ES Module imports during dev and bundles it with Rollup for production.

Esbuild

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.

Parcel Integrations

JavaScript, Parcel CSS are some of the popular tools that integrate with Parcel. Here's a list of all 2 tools that integrate with Parcel.

JavaScript
JavaScript
Parcel CSS
Parcel CSS

Parcel Discussions

Discover why developers choose Parcel. Read real-world technical decisions and stack choices from the StackShare community.Showing 1 of 3 discussions.

Gustavo Muñoz
Gustavo Muñoz

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 12, 2019

Needs adviceonWebpackWebpackGruntGruntgulpgulp

Using Webpack is one of the best decision ever. I have used to Grunt and gulp previously, but the experience is not the same, and despite I know there are other bundlers like Parcel, Webpack gives me the perfect balance between automatization and configuration. The ecosystem of tools and loaders is amazing, and with WebPack #merge, you can modularize your build and define standard pieces to assemble different build configurations. I don't like processes where you cannot see their guts, and you have to trust in magic a little bit too much for my taste. But also I don't want to reinvent the wheel and lose too much time configuring my build processes. And of course, I love #WebPackDevServer and hot reloading.

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