Evan You is a well-known figure in the world of front-end development, and he is the creator of Vue.js, a popular JavaScript framework used by developers around the world. In his keynote at ViteConf 2024, he spoke about Vite and the future of JavaScript tooling.
Vite is a next-generation build tool for JavaScript that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience. It leverages modern web platform features like ES modules and native browser support for ES imports to enable fast and efficient development workflows. In his keynote, Evan You discussed the benefits of using Vite and how it is shaping the future of JavaScript tooling.
One of the key advantages of Vite is its speed. Traditional build tools like Webpack and Rollup can be slow to start up and rebuild, especially as the size of the project grows. Vite, on the other hand, takes advantage of ES modules and native browser support for ES imports to provide near-instantaneous page reloads during development. This can significantly speed up the development process and improve developer productivity.
Another benefit of Vite is its simplicity. By leveraging modern web platform features, Vite eliminates the need for complex configuration setups that are common with traditional build tools. This makes it easy to set up a new project and get started quickly, without having to worry about configuring plugins or loaders.
In his keynote, Evan You also discussed how Vite can improve the developer experience by enabling features like hot module replacement (HMR) and dynamic module loading. HMR allows developers to see changes reflected in the browser immediately without having to refresh the page, making it easier to iterate on their code. Dynamic module loading allows developers to lazy-load modules on demand, improving the performance of their applications.
Overall, Vite represents a significant step forward in the world of JavaScript tooling. By leveraging modern web platform features and providing a fast and efficient development experience, Vite is shaping the future of JavaScript tooling and helping developers build better web applications.
In conclusion, Evan You’s keynote at ViteConf 2024 was an insightful look into the future of JavaScript tooling and how Vite is leading the way. By providing a faster and leaner development experience, Vite is empowering developers to build better web applications and improve their productivity. If you are a front-end developer looking to streamline your development workflow, Vite is definitely worth checking out.
the only benefit i saw is you face your errors much quicker, am i right?
tbh sending individual ESM modules during development currently makes vite unusable for majority of corporate projects, i tried running ours and load times were over 40s with thousands of requests. Looking forward to bundle mode to give it a try again.
All this nonsense is the never ending battle to fix JavaScript problems using more JavaScript. It will continue to grow until dissolution.
The immense fragmentation and the underlying language (even with typescript) is driving me away. I have more interesting things to do with my life than to learn yet another JS tool to do a job that I already know how to do.
This people are profiting from your time.
Talking about the "massive inefficiencies in the build pipeline" in vite when we shaved off 95% of the build time of our previous projects compared to vue-cli, is saying something 😂
What a great communicator.
That is so cool
I can't believe a PHP framework has been using Vite for over 2 years now while Next, which is one of the most popular JS frameworks today, is still stuck with something that's quite similar to Webpack
Microsoft should rewrite TypeScript typechecker to Rust
Vue must rely on dinosaurs like Laravel, Firebase and RoR clones… PLEASE Evan build your own websocket first API framework on TS. One where you're subscribed to changes by default instead of constantly polling REST calls.
I hope everyone will use vue!
Hobby $?
I truly think that all this crap needs to stop and just get rid of all "build" steps.
time to write Cuda optimized js tooling 😅
Don't get me wrong, Vite is great. But if people used JS the right way, there'd be no need to use any tools at all.
JavaScript 2.0
Next.js really needs to adopt Vite, it is getting ridiculous
Next year:
Introducing…RUST. Just use Rust, it’s less complex.
Yea… exactly why Deno will reign.
Hi i Evan You – creator of all your stuff.
Only Next resist out of pure foolishness
Awesome presentation!
The vision here is great and it made me so excited for the next year.
Can’t wait to try it out as soon as it goes out, though Vite is currently very fast in my opinion, as you mentioned that the majority of apps are small in size.