FYI: Phoenix Drops Webpack and Npm for Esbuild

Post Details

Company

Fly.io

Date Published

July 27, 2021

Author

Mark Ericksen

Word Count

600

Company Posts That Month

4

Language

English

Hacker News Points

-

Post removed?

No

Source URL

fly.io/blog/phoenix-moves-to-esbuild-for-assets

Summary

The Phoenix Framework, a popular web framework for Elixir developers, has recently replaced the use of node, npm, and webpack with esbuild. This change aims to address issues related to JavaScript packaging that accounted for around 30% of reported Phoenix problems. Esbuild is written in Go and compiles to native code, making it fast and efficient. The new framework will be part of the upcoming Phoenix 1.6 release, which is expected "soon." This change is anticipated to provide a more stable system over time and improve the overall user experience for Elixir developers.

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