esbuild-darwin-arm64

What is esbuild-darwin-arm64?

The esbuild-darwin-arm64 npm package is a binary package for the esbuild bundler and minifier tool specifically compiled for macOS on ARM64 architecture (Apple Silicon). It allows developers to bundle JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS files for the web at an extremely fast speed. It also provides minification and tree-shaking capabilities.

What are esbuild-darwin-arm64's main functionalities?

Bundling JavaScript and TypeScript

This feature allows you to bundle multiple JavaScript or TypeScript files into a single file, which can then be served to the browser. The bundling process includes dependency resolution and can significantly reduce the number of files that need to be loaded by the browser.

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

Minifying code

This feature enables the minification of JavaScript and CSS files. Minification removes unnecessary characters from code without changing its functionality, which results in smaller file sizes and faster load times in production.

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

Tree-shaking

Tree-shaking is a feature that removes unused code from the final bundle. It helps in reducing the size of the bundle by excluding code that is not actually used in the application.

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

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README

esbuild

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