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by kerkeslager 2365 days ago
Interesting.

That means that the module approach isn't faster than bundling, but with HTTP2, the module approach shouldn't be slower than bundling.
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kaoD 2365 days ago
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.
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z3t4 2364 days ago
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.
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kaoD 2364 days ago
IIRC as long as you use ES modules, tree-shaking is trivial?

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

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z3t4 2364 days ago
Hmm. Now that we have async functions meybe we could also add the pure keyword in order to help optimizations.
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kerkeslager 2365 days ago
A much better solution is to not import huge libraries you will only use a small part of.
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