@esbuild/freebsd-x64

What is @esbuild/freebsd-x64?

The @esbuild/freebsd-x64 npm package is a binary package for esbuild, an extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier. This specific package is tailored for FreeBSD x64 systems. It allows developers to bundle JavaScript files for the browser, transpile TypeScript, and minify code among other functionalities, directly on FreeBSD x64 systems.

What are @esbuild/freebsd-x64's main functionalities?

JavaScript Bundling

This code sample demonstrates how to bundle a JavaScript file along with its dependencies into a single file. This is useful for optimizing web applications for production.

require('esbuild').build({
  entryPoints: ['app.js'],
  bundle: true,
  outfile: 'out.js'
}).catch(() => process.exit(1))

TypeScript Transpilation

This example shows how to transpile TypeScript files into JavaScript, allowing developers to use TypeScript's features while targeting environments that only support JavaScript.

require('esbuild').build({
  entryPoints: ['app.ts'],
  bundle: true,
  outfile: 'out.js',
  loader: { '.ts': 'ts' }
}).catch(() => process.exit(1))

Code Minification

This code snippet demonstrates the minification of JavaScript code to reduce file size, which is beneficial for improving load times on web pages.

require('esbuild').build({
  entryPoints: ['app.js'],
  minify: true,
  outfile: 'out.min.js'
}).catch(() => process.exit(1))

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README

esbuild

This is the FreeBSD 64-bit binary for esbuild, a JavaScript bundler and minifier. See https://github.com/evanw/esbuild for details.

Changelog

0.24.2

• Fix regression with --define and import.meta (#4010, #4012, #4013)

  The previous change in version 0.24.1 to use a more expression-like parser for define values to allow quoted property names introduced a regression that removed the ability to use --define:import.meta=.... Even though import is normally a keyword that can't be used as an identifier, ES modules special-case the import.meta expression to behave like an identifier anyway. This change fixes the regression.

  This fix was contributed by @sapphi-red.