is there a way to replace webpack with something f...

# javascript

[Bernhard]

is there a way to replace webpack with something faster like esbuild? I'm not looking for a fully featured solution like Vite which has additional requirements like an index.html, I'm purely looking for a faster bundler

[broadway_lamb]

You can run esbuild manually on the generated JavaScript file.

Or, if you want to run esbuild as part of your Gradle build, you can create a Gradle task that would run esbuild on the output of the Kotlin/JS compilation task.

[Bernhard]

right, looking at build/js it seems that the kotlin compile task writes it's output into that folder

[Bernhard]

I'm unsure however if esbuild works on that file structure

[turansky]

Vite is here!

[Bernhard]

thanks!

[Bernhard]

I suppose you absolutely need an index.html file

[Bernhard]

I've just got a main file, nothing that really needs HTML

[Bernhard]

nvm, there's a config option for an entrypoint https://vite.dev/guide/backend-integration.html

[turansky]

> I suppose you absolutely need an index.html file
Default configuration entry point - JS file 😉

[Bernhard]

perfect

[turansky]

If you will need something more - you can copy and modify default KFC config

[Bernhard]

do you have an example config lying around?

[Bernhard]

or is it just: enable the plugin, place a vite.config.mjs and you're done?

[turansky]

It will work even without vite.config.mjs 😉

[Bernhard]

what about tests?

[Bernhard]

works out of the box with kotlin test?

[turansky]

They work fine on Webpack + Karma 🧌

[Fudge]

Love me some kfc

[Bernhard]

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/05/present-and-future-kotlin-for-web/ kodee happy