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They're both alternative build tools Rollup is very similar to Webpack but is architectually different to allow it to optimise assets further and faster. Brun

by Blaiz0r 10y ago

They're both alternative build tools Rollup is very similar to Webpack but is architectually different to allow it to optimise assets further and faster. Brunch has actually been around since before Grunt, it's just not marketed. It works in very simple fashion, just install plugins via npm and start using them, no need to edit configuration files (unless you have very specific requirements). I would consider Rollup as the new hotness, building upon the success of other tools and starting from a better position to create an optimised tool. Brunch is a long time standing tool that does a job very well and if your project doesn't require any special configuration or architecture it's so easy to use (it can be configured though).

namelezz 10y ago
How fast is Brunch and Rollup compared to Webpack? Is there something similar to Webpack dev server [0] in Rollup? [0] - https://webpack.github.io/docs/webpack-dev-server.html https://webpack.github.io/docs/webpack-dev-server.html
- thelarkinn 10y ago
  Here is a up to date write-up for our proposal and review of performance in our repo https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/2873#issuecomment-241458071 https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/2873#issuecomment-...
  - namelezz 10y ago
    Thank you for the link. This sounds scary though. > Webpack will perform less-favorably compared to Rollup as the number of modules increases.
    - thelarkinn 10y ago
      It's not, in the end load and runtime perf boil down more to what and how much you load up front.
thelarkinn 10y ago
Rollup as the new hotness for _libraries_. We know that libraries see a weak point for us as well as runtime overhead for many modules in Webpack bundles, but Rollup is just tackling one challenge and that is js perf. Webpack manages all of your assets (even if they don't get bundled together). Along with a hundred different out of the box features.

by Blaiz0r 10y ago

namelezz 10y ago

How fast is Brunch and Rollup compared to Webpack? Is there something similar to Webpack dev server [0] in Rollup? [0] - https://webpack.github.io/docs/webpack-dev-server.html https://webpack.github.io/docs/webpack-dev-server.html

thelarkinn 10y ago
Here is a up to date write-up for our proposal and review of performance in our repo https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/2873#issuecomment-241458071 https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/2873#issuecomment-...
- namelezz 10y ago
  Thank you for the link. This sounds scary though. > Webpack will perform less-favorably compared to Rollup as the number of modules increases.
  - thelarkinn 10y ago
    It's not, in the end load and runtime perf boil down more to what and how much you load up front.

thelarkinn 10y ago

Rollup as the new hotness for _libraries_. We know that libraries see a weak point for us as well as runtime overhead for many modules in Webpack bundles, but Rollup is just tackling one challenge and that is js perf. Webpack manages all of your assets (even if they don't get bundled together). Along with a hundred different out of the box features.