What is Vite?

Vite is a modern tool for building frontend applications, created as a faster alternative to Webpack. It uses native ES modules in the browser during development and is built on the ultra-fast esbuild bundler (or Rollup for production).

#Key features of Vite

1. Instant dev server start - no preliminary build of the whole project is needed.
2. Very fast code updates - only the changed module is reloaded.
3. Native support for TS, JSX, Vue, React, and CSS modules out of the box.
4. Rollup build for production - the final bundles are optimized and compact.

#How it works

• in development mode, Vite serves the source files to the browser as ES modules, avoiding a long rebuild
• in production, it builds the whole project, but with heavy optimizations already applied

#Summary

Vite is a tool that speeds up development and builds thanks to ES modules, next-level HMR, and minimal delay between a code change and the result in the browser.