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Thank you! We strongly believe Rust is the future of JS tooling[1] and will be investing heavily in this ecosystem. It's been in the works for awhile[2] and I'm

by leerob 5y ago

Thank you! We strongly believe Rust is the future of JS tooling[1] and will be investing heavily in this ecosystem. It's been in the works for awhile[2] and I'm happy to start seeing these changes land in Next.js. `npm i next@latest` for perf improvements every time is the goal! [1]: https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/1417861178290851842 https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/1417861178290851842 [2]: https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/979525321882984448 https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/979525321882984448

dmitryminkovsky 5y ago
Hadn’t heard of SWC, only esbuild. Why did your team choose SWC/rust over esbuild/go? This: https://mobile.twitter.com/rauchg/status/979525321882984448 https://mobile.twitter.com/rauchg/status/979525321882984448 ? Thanks a lot for Next.js and the Vercel platform. Both are great.
- leerob 5y ago
  We chose SWC over esbuild for a few reasons: 1. SWC is designed to be extensible. We can use it as a crate with no forks! [1] 2. We love the Rust ecosystem. Stellar community & WASM support. Excellent long-term performance prospects (like total control over memory management). [1]: https://github.com/padmaia/next.js/blob/cf1d081c5b2f55085cebc9509b13c67c4bf34bd1/packages/next/build/swc/src/lib.rs#L40-L46 https://github.com/padmaia/next.js/blob/cf1d081c5b2f55085ceb...
  - wdb 5y ago
    Seems reasonable decision but for me it increases the barrier to contribute. I already learning Go to contribute to some projects
    - leerob 5y ago
      We're planning to try and release learning material around Rust!
cercatrova 5y ago
So is SWC integrated in 11.1? Or is it still _being_ integrated? As in, will I see the performance improvements from SWC by upgrading, or is this just the groundwork for it to be more widely integrated?
- leerob 5y ago
  Still being integrated - the next release will have a flag you can turn on.

by leerob 5y ago

dmitryminkovsky 5y ago

Hadn’t heard of SWC, only esbuild. Why did your team choose SWC/rust over esbuild/go? This: https://mobile.twitter.com/rauchg/status/979525321882984448 https://mobile.twitter.com/rauchg/status/979525321882984448 ? Thanks a lot for Next.js and the Vercel platform. Both are great.

leerob 5y ago
We chose SWC over esbuild for a few reasons: 1. SWC is designed to be extensible. We can use it as a crate with no forks! [1] 2. We love the Rust ecosystem. Stellar community & WASM support. Excellent long-term performance prospects (like total control over memory management). [1]: https://github.com/padmaia/next.js/blob/cf1d081c5b2f55085cebc9509b13c67c4bf34bd1/packages/next/build/swc/src/lib.rs#L40-L46 https://github.com/padmaia/next.js/blob/cf1d081c5b2f55085ceb...
- wdb 5y ago
  Seems reasonable decision but for me it increases the barrier to contribute. I already learning Go to contribute to some projects
  - leerob 5y ago
    We're planning to try and release learning material around Rust!

cercatrova 5y ago

So is SWC integrated in 11.1? Or is it still _being_ integrated? As in, will I see the performance improvements from SWC by upgrading, or is this just the groundwork for it to be more widely integrated?

leerob 5y ago
Still being integrated - the next release will have a flag you can turn on.