Building Enterprise JavaScript Applications

Webpack

Webpack has essentially succeeded Browserify to become the de facto leader. Whilst Browserify did only module bundling, Webpack also tries to integrate features from popular task runners, such as Grunt or Gulp. With Webpack, you can preprocess files (for example, minifying JavaScript and transforming Sass files) before/after bundling them.

One of the standout features of Webpack is code splitting. This allows you to split the bundle into multiple files: those that are essential to the initialization and function of the app, and those that can be loaded later. You can then prioritize the transfer of the essential code first, giving your users a faster load time, and a better user experience. The non-essential code can be loaded later, ...