Bundlers & Build Tools

An overview series that maps the modern JavaScript build tooling landscape and explains the architectural trade-offs behind each tool. Rather than teaching one tool in isolation, it compares the unbundled dev server model, the Go-based compiler model, the zero-config asset graph model, and the Rust-based unified pipeline model, with lessons on when each approach wins. It serves as the connective tissue between the tool-specific series on Vite, esbuild, and Parcel, and it covers shared concerns like tree shaking, code splitting, source maps, and bundle analysis.