parcel

After wrestling with Webpack for years, Parcel was just a joy to work with. It actually just works. It's amazing that in 2020 the most common use cases that nearly every front-end developer runs into require an insane Webpack configuration. The only small complaints that I would have about Parcel is that the documentation is a bit lacking, and it would be nice to have just a bit of configuration (coming in Parcel 2), but hey...compared to Webpack I'm not complaining.

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Parcel is the perfect module bundler for JS applications. It just works. I've been using Webpack in the past, and found myself spending hours installing plugins, dealing with configuration issues, and reading StackOverflow posts to get it to work the way it should work. Parcel, on the contrary, is super easy to use. It just works out of the box, with sensible configuration, and no for installing additional dependencies (most of the time). It's quickly growing in popularity (almost 36K stars as for the time of this review), and has a pretty good community, although to be honest - you won't need it - since it just works. The only issue I found with Parcel is that it sometimes conflict with Dropbox (if used for the same directory), and starts rebuilding the bundle unnecessarily. This is really a small issue, compared with the numerous issues I had with Webpack. If you're still using Webpack, I suggest you take a look at Parcel for your next project, I found it to be significantly easier to use, faster, and most of all - less frustrating.

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Have used this for a few quick demos and things of the sort and can always say that it's super easy to get started with bundling. I've used their CSS features and the normal bundling but otherwise I haven't touched the other features. There are many interesting projects in this space now, including Vite, and Snowpack.

Parcel is really easy bundle generator for apps. Its very easy to use when Compared to webpack parcel adoption is really fast and learning curve was less. Parcel offers great performance on packing small to medium scale web applications. When parcel is used in large scale web applications bunbling process have delays when compared to webpack. For adopting in a small/medium level apps i suggest parcel for high scale webapps i suggest webpack.

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I've been using parcel to create automatically built static websites and I can honestly say this is the quickest way to start building from the first line of code you write. Its 0 configuration holds up throughout the development, and edge cases are also very quickly mediated.

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The package bundler parcel is one of the easiest to use. You don't have to touch to configuration, it's like a plug and play bundler. I used this version with my students and we encountered some difficulties to use the last version and we have to downgrade to the 1.12.3 version to perfectly be fine with it ! Even if there is a "zero-configuration" bundler, you'll have control on the entry file, or configured build output and more ! Use it when you want a fast bundler !

Have used this for a few quick demos and things of the sort and can always say that it's super easy to get started with bundling. I've used their CSS features and the normal bundling but otherwise I haven't touched the other features. There are many interesting projects in this space now, including Vite, and Snowpack. I even used it to implementd some functionality in my client site http://tutorialscamp.com/ and it so cool.

Great tool, but you'll find that is still buggy. The awesome thing is that it works out of box, without the need for you to install anything yourself. It'll detect everything that you are using and handle the build or running the project itself. I hope the bugs will be solved with version 2. I don't use it for more serious projects, but rather testing and developing other things. I.E. developing an email template.

Parcel is a well designed bundler that is so super fast and easy to use. The zero-config factor is a plus as compared to webpack or anything like that. It is perfect for small websites or webapps that doesnt require many plugins support or anything. You can get started on the webapp instantly with Parcel. I use it for small projects. It also has a good documentation that you can read through and get started easily.

I've been using Parcel as my main bundler for a while now. As a developer my main reason to use it was because it had literally zero configuration to set it up. The testing network parcel provide has built-in dev servers with live reload, so I didn't have to install anything externally. As someone who used webpack, Parcel was a major upgrade because I found it to be faster and better than webpack.