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#build (14)

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esbuild — CLI & transform API

Daily-driver reference for esbuild — bundle CLI, transform API, JS API patterns, common build recipes.
esbuild cli bundler build tooling

rollup — CLI & plugin patterns

Daily-driver reference for rollup — CLI commands, multi-format output, plugin chain patterns, library publishing config.
rollup cli bundler build tooling

Turborepo (turbo) — CLI and pipeline configuration

Day-to-day Turborepo CLI commands and turbo.json config patterns — pipelines, filters, remote cache, prune, and CI integration.
turbo cli monorepo build

webpack — CLI & config patterns

Daily-driver reference for webpack — CLI commands, dev server, loaders, plugins, code splitting, common config recipes.
webpack cli bundler build tooling

esbuild — Fast JavaScript bundler and transformer

Package-level reference for esbuild on npm — bundle CLI, transform API, JS API, plugin system, and trade-offs vs Rollup, Webpack, and Vite.
npm package bundler build tooling

rolldown — Rust-powered Rollup-compatible bundler

Package-level reference for rolldown on npm — Rust rewrite of Rollup, API compatibility goals, current limitations, and the Vite migration path.
npm package bundler build tooling

rollup — ES module bundler for libraries

Package-level reference for rollup on npm — library bundling, multi-format output, plugin ecosystem, tree shaking, and the Rolldown migration.
npm package bundler build tooling

turbo — High-performance monorepo build system from Vercel

Package-level reference for turbo on npm — install, pipelines, remote cache, filter syntax, and the Nx / pnpm-workspaces comparison.
npm package monorepo build dev-tool

vite — Next-generation frontend build tool

Package-level reference for vite on npm — install variants, scaffold templates, plugin ecosystem under @vitejs/plugin-*, framework integrations, and alternatives.
npm package build bundler tooling esm

webpack — Module bundler for JavaScript apps

Package-level reference for webpack on npm — loaders, plugins, code splitting, asset modules, module federation, and the slow migration toward Rspack and Vite.
npm package bundler build tooling

make — Build Automation

Practical Makefile patterns: targets, prerequisites, automatic variables, pattern rules, parallel builds, and a working lint/test/build/clean workflow for any project.
make build automation scripting cli web-researched

pyproject.toml — Modern Python Project Config

The canonical config file for modern Python projects — [project] metadata, [build-system] backends (setuptools, hatchling, pdm-backend, poetry-core, flit-core), [tool.*] sections, dynamic versioning, scripts, building, and publishing.
python packaging pyproject toml build pep-621

TypeScript Project References — Composite Builds & Monorepos

Split a TypeScript codebase into composite sub-projects, build them incrementally in dependency order with tsc --build, and integrate the result with bundlers, Turborepo, and Nx.
typescript build monorepo tooling tsconfig

Vite

Next-generation frontend build tool using native ES modules for near-instant dev server startup and Rollup for production bundles. Covers setup, config, HMR, env vars, assets, CSS, and plugins.
javascript vite build bundler tooling