@esbuild/linux-x64

What is @esbuild/linux-x64?

The @esbuild/linux-x64 npm package is a pre-compiled binary of esbuild for Linux x64 systems. Esbuild is an extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier. It compiles JavaScript and TypeScript code, bundling it together for use in the browser. It can also minify CSS. This package is specifically built to run on Linux x64 environments, providing a seamless experience for developers working on these systems.

What are @esbuild/linux-x64'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 named 'app.js' into an output file named 'out.js'.

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

Minifying JavaScript

This feature enables the minification of JavaScript files to reduce their size for production. The code sample shows how to minify a JavaScript file named 'app.js' into a smaller file named '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 named 'app.css' into 'out.css'.

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

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README

esbuild

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

Changelog

0.21.2

• Correct this in field and accessor decorators (#3761)

  This release changes the value of this in initializers for class field and accessor decorators from the module-level this value to the appropriate this value for the decorated element (either the class or the instance). It was previously incorrect due to lack of test coverage. Here's an example of a decorator that doesn't work without this change:

  const dec = () => function() { this.bar = true }
  class Foo { @dec static foo }
  console.log(Foo.bar) // Should be "true"
  

• Allow es2023 as a target environment (#3762)

  TypeScript recently added es2023 as a compilation target, so esbuild now supports this too. There is no difference between a target of es2022 and es2023 as far as esbuild is concerned since the 2023 edition of JavaScript doesn't introduce any new syntax features.