A New Generation of JavaScript Build Tools: Vite vs. Webpack in Detail
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For a long time, it was hard to talk about JavaScript frontend development without mentioning Webpack. Released in 2012, it spent the next decade as the dominant frontend bundler. Then, in 2020, a new tool called Vite began gaining ground fast. According to the 2023 State of JavaScript survey, Vite became the second most widely used build tool in just three years. On interest and positivity, it was already in first place.
