Bundler

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. A tool that combines multiple source files (and their dependencies) into one or more optimized output files for deployment — in JavaScript, tools like Webpack, Rollup, esbuild, and Vite; in Ruby, the gem dependency manager.

    In plain English: A tool that takes all your project's code files and smashes them together into fewer, optimized files ready to ship to users.

    Example: "Switching from Webpack to esbuild as our bundler dropped the build from 45 seconds to under 1."

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