[kaoD]

> a lot of those files will already be cached in the user's browser from CDNs anyway

Not anymore.

https://www.jefftk.com/p/shared-cache-is-going-away

[kerkeslager]

Interesting.

That means that the module approach isn't faster than bundling, but with HTTP2, the module approach shouldn't be slower than bundling.

[kaoD]

Bundling also deletes dead code so it can potentially save a lot, especially if you import huge libraries and only use a small part of them.

[z3t4]

Can you give an example of a bundler that removes dead code and not just minifies it? Dead code removal in JS is a bit tricky, unless we are only talking about code after return statements and other low hanging fruit.

[kaoD]

IIRC as long as you use ES modules, tree-shaking is trivial?

EDIT: not that trivial https://webpack.js.org/guides/tree-shaking/

[z3t4]

Hmm. Now that we have async functions meybe we could also add the pure keyword in order to help optimizations.

[kerkeslager]

A much better solution is to not import huge libraries you will only use a small part of.