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Bundler

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˈbʌndlər/nounAdvanced term

In software engineering, bundler means: A tool that combines many JavaScript, CSS and other files and their dependencies into a few optimized files that browsers can load quickly.

In Turkish: paketleyici, bundler

How it is used

Well-known bundlers and build tools include webpack, Rollup, esbuild and Vite. The output is called a bundle; developers talk about bundle size, code splitting and tree shaking (removing unused code).

Example sentences

  1. The bundler puts the whole chart library into the main file, which is why it's so large.

  2. We replaced our old bundler with Vite, and the dev server now starts in a second.

Common collocations

  • bundle size
  • JavaScript bundler
  • code splitting
  • tree shaking
  • buildThe process of turning source code into a program or package that can run, or the result of that process. Also a verb: to build the project.
  • minifyTo make code files smaller by removing spaces, comments and line breaks and by shortening names, without changing how the code works.
  • npmThe standard package manager for JavaScript and the online registry it installs packages from, used through commands such as npm install.
  • dependencyA library, service or other piece of software that your code needs in order to work, so a change or failure in it can affect your project.

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