Message from JavaScript discussions
September 2018
— If you are on the NODE (back-end only), why you need bundlers, it will work with imports, right?
Ye, i watched the npm stats: https://www.npmtrends.com/browserify-vs-parcel-vs-parcel-bundler-vs-webpack
— Yes
— The article why frontend is broken states that trusting the popularity of a package doesnt nessecarily means anything. sooo i guess: whatever works.
— Whatever works most effectivly
— What if you have a module you bundle for node and browser?
— Uh-oh
— I think at least for frontend dev-ing, keeping it simple is cool and using native functionalities of js is ones best weapon of choice. But as i go trough my 4th year of developing, one must let go of the need to upgrade everything thats old or depreciated.. and just make code work as optimized as possible
— Do your research before adding a dependency
— Is there a source of trust for this kinda research, how to effiiciently check / test a package? what are real factors of trust?
— Ye, right, or read feature comparison if it exist at all. hard to find such things
— I generally read the docs, skim the source, and check GitHub issues