140: Evan You - Reimagining the Modern Dev Server with Vite

In this episode, Adam talks to Evan You about Vite, a new dev server and build tool for modern JavaScript projects.

Topics include:

What is Vite and what makes it different than existing tools like Webpack?
How do ES Modules actually work in the browser and what are the limitations?
Will we ever be able to use ES Modules in production for large complex projects?
How does Vite work under the hood, and how does it support non-JS files like Vue files, or CSS files?
How hot module replacement is implemented under the hood in Vite
Optimizing modules with many dependencies to keep the development experience fast
What is VitePress and how does it compare to VuePress?
Bundling sites for production with Vite
What's the roadmap for Vite 1.0?

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