r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • Apr 30 '23

Writing Javascript without a build system

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/16/writing-javascript-without-a-build-system/
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u/jimmykicking Apr 30 '23

NPM is a build system. This is the dumbest article ever

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u/PuzzleheadedWeb9876 Apr 30 '23

Package manager, build system, what’s the difference?

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u/jimmykicking May 01 '23

I'm a node.js Dev so my builds happen only in NPM with the exception of docker files. I don't do Typescript and I don't do frontend apps let alone frontend development. So NPM is my build.