Bundling Glossary
Browse 10 bundling terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
10 Bundling Terms
- Asset Bundler
- A tool that combines and transforms frontend assets such as JavaScript, CSS, images, and modules into optimized output for development or production delivery....
- Code Bundle
- A packaged output artifact containing compiled or combined code modules, often produced for browser delivery or deployment. Code bundles may include one or...
- code splitting
- A technique that breaks an application's JavaScript bundle into smaller chunks that are loaded on demand rather than all upfront. Code splitting ensures users...
- Code Splitting
- Breaking a JavaScript bundle into smaller chunks that are loaded on demand rather than all upfront. Route-based splitting loads code per page; component-based...
- Pack
- To bundle code, assets, or data into a single distributable unit. In build tools like webpack, packing combines modules into optimized bundles. In binary...
- Static Import
- An import declaration evaluated at parse time before any code executes, allowing the module bundler or runtime to resolve the dependency graph statically. In...
- Tree Shake Slang
- Informal use of tree shake for removing unused code or dependencies so only necessary pieces remain. In engineering slang, people sometimes use it more broadly...
- tree shaking
- A build optimization that eliminates unused code (dead code) from JavaScript bundles by analyzing the dependency graph of ES module imports. Named...
- Tree Shaking
- A dead code elimination technique that removes unused exports from JavaScript bundles during the build step. Analyzes ES module import/export relationships to...
- Universal Module Definition
- A JavaScript module pattern (UMD) that wraps a module in a factory function with runtime checks to support multiple module systems — AMD (RequireJS), CommonJS...
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- Performance (4 terms in common)
- Javascript (3 terms in common)
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- Web (2 terms in common)
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- Optimization (1 terms in common)
- Build Systems (1 terms in common)
- Distribution (1 terms in common)
- Slang (1 terms in common)