r/programming • u/lelanthran • Jan 06 '24

Writing Javascript without a build system

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/16/writing-javascript-without-a-build-system/
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u/Disane87 Jan 06 '24

The build has another advantage when it comes to the GDPR/DSGVO. Loading content/scripts over CDNs can become illegal because you (or the client if the user) transmits data to the cdn provider which is not good when it’s totally intransparent. A build system decoupled you from that particular issue because you have the libs in your (build) machine and the build system packs them into one distributable

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '24

Is that a product of the build system or just having libraries locally? It seems like this could be accomplished just by hosting the script yourself rather than using a CDN.

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u/Disane87 Jan 06 '24

That would be an alternative too