Vite (French: [vit], like "veet") is a local development server written by Evan You,[1] the creator of Vue.js, and used by default by Vue and for React project templates. It has support for TypeScript and JSX. It uses Rollup and esbuild internally for bundling.[2]

Vite
Original author(s)Evan You
Initial release20 April 2020; 4 years ago (2020-04-20)
Stable release
v5.3.3 / 3 July 2024; 58 days ago (2024-07-03)
Repositorygithub.com/vitejs/vite
Written inTypeScript
PlatformNode.js, Deno, Bun
Available inEnglish
Docs in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish
TypeDevelopment server
LicenseMIT License
Websitevitejs.dev

It monitors files as they're being edited and upon file save the web browser reloads the code being edited through a process called Hot Module Replacement (HMR)[3] which works by just reloading the specific file being changed using ES6 modules (ESM) instead of recompiling the entire application.

Vite provides built-in support for server-side rendering (SSR). By default, it listens on TCP port 5173. It is possible to configure Vite to serve content over HTTPS and proxy requests (including WebSocket) to a back-end web server (such as Apache HTTP Server or lighttpd).

Features and performance

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Vite has a Hot Module Replacement (HMR) system, which reduces wait times during development. Vite supports a frameworks such as React, Vue, and Svelte, and has server-side rendering (SSR), code-splitting, and asynchronous loading.

Vite's production build times are fast compared to traditional build tools, clocking in at 3.37 seconds versus Webpack’s 10.82 seconds and Parcel’s 9.01 seconds. Vite is framework-agnostic and integrates seamlessly with tools such as Vitest for testing, Astro for content-driven sites, and Slidev for presentations.[4]


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Introducing Vite JS - Next-Gen Frontend Tooling". Radixweb. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Why Vite". vitejs.dev.
  3. ^ "Educative Answers - Trusted Answers to Developer Questions". Educative. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Understanding Vite and Bun.js: A Detailed Developer's Review". Valletta Software Blog. July 27, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
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