Re:Modern Node.js Patterns
by vinnymac on Sunday August 03, 2025 @05:41PM
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Currently for very small projects I use the built in NodeJS test tooling.
But for larger and more complex projects, I tend to use Vitest these days. At 40MBs down, and most of the dependency weight falling to Vite (33MBs and something I likely already have installed directly), it's not too heavy of a dependency.
Re:Modern Node.js Patterns
by serguzest on Sunday August 03, 2025 @08:14PM
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It is based on vite and a bundler has no place in my backend. Vite is based on roll-up, roll-up uses some other things such as swc. I want to use typescript projects and npm workspaces which vite doesn't seem to care about.
But for larger and more complex projects, I tend to use Vitest these days. At 40MBs down, and most of the dependency weight falling to Vite (33MBs and something I likely already have installed directly), it's not too heavy of a dependency.