@esbuild/linux-arm

What is @esbuild/linux-arm?

The @esbuild/linux-arm package is a binary package for the esbuild bundler optimized for Linux ARM architecture. Esbuild is an extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier. It compiles TypeScript and JavaScript into highly optimized code, significantly reducing the size and improving the performance of web applications. The @esbuild/linux-arm package specifically targets devices running on ARM processors, such as Raspberry Pi, making it an ideal choice for development in ARM-based environments.

What are @esbuild/linux-arm's main functionalities?

JavaScript and TypeScript Bundling

This feature allows you to bundle JavaScript and TypeScript files into a single file. The code sample demonstrates how to bundle an entry file 'app.js' into 'out.js', targeting specific browser versions.

require('esbuild').build({
  entryPoints: ['app.js'],
  bundle: true,
  outfile: 'out.js',
  platform: 'browser',
  target: ['chrome58', 'firefox57', 'safari11', 'edge16']
}).catch(() => process.exit(1))

Minification

This feature enables the minification of JavaScript files, reducing their size for production. The code sample shows how to minify an entry file 'app.js' into 'out.min.js'.

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

CSS Bundling and Minification

Esbuild can also bundle and minify CSS files. This code sample demonstrates bundling and minifying a CSS file 'app.css' into 'out.css'.

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

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README

esbuild

This is the Linux ARM binary for esbuild, a JavaScript bundler and minifier. See https://github.com/evanw/esbuild for details.

Changelog

0.25.8

• Fix another TypeScript parsing edge case (#4248)

  This fixes a regression with a change in the previous release that tries to more accurately parse TypeScript arrow functions inside the ?: operator. The regression specifically involves parsing an arrow function containing a #private identifier inside the middle of a ?: ternary operator inside a class body. This was fixed by propagating private identifier state into the parser clone used to speculatively parse the arrow function body. Here is an example of some affected code:

  class CachedDict {
    #has = (a: string) => dict.has(a);
    has = window
      ? (word: string): boolean => this.#has(word)
      : this.#has;
  }
  

• Fix a regression with the parsing of source phase imports

  The change in the previous release to parse source phase imports failed to properly handle the following cases:

  import source from 'bar'
  import source from from 'bar'
  import source type foo from 'bar'
  

  Parsing for these cases should now be fixed. The first case was incorrectly treated as a syntax error because esbuild was expecting the second case. And the last case was previously allowed but is now forbidden. TypeScript hasn't added this feature yet so it remains to be seen whether the last case will be allowed, but it's safer to disallow it for now. At least Babel doesn't allow the last case when parsing TypeScript, and Babel was involved with the source phase import specification.