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Re:Web Dev Without Tools by dminik on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:54AM (#36908736)
For local dev, I usually just spin up a server using python -m http.server .

There are no conditional top level imports, but you can call import("thing") which gives you a promise for the module.

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Re:Web Dev Without Tools by charred_patina on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:39PM (#36909527)
You can also use the http-server npm package, but there's an issue with non-ES6 module resolution. I have started using Vite since it's lightweight, but also provides me with nice to haves module resolution for different module types, and hot reloading.

I am not affiliated with Vite in any way, I just really like it for vanilla web dev.

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Re:Web Dev Without Tools by wruza on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:33AM (#36917521)
I also used http-server but pressing f5 or including live.js gets old quickly. Vite is a breath of fresh air, for both vanilla formats and “apps” with scss, ts, etc. Finally someone made a no-bs dev watcher and packager.

The only thing to note for purists, it creates .vite folder which you have to ignore.

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