Vite dependency pre-bundling: why dev goes stale and how optimizeDeps fixes it
Vite pre-bundles node_modules with esbuild in dev, so a stale optimized bundle is usually a cache and discovery problem — not a broken install.
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vitejsHow Waku’s Development Server Delivers Instant Hot‑Reload for Frontend Assets
Learn how Waku’s dev server watches files, rebuilds only changed modules, and serves assets with cache‑busting headers so you can see updates in the browser without manual refreshes.
wakuWhy Your Vite Dev Server Starts Fast: Dependency Pre-Bundling with optimizeDeps
Vite pre-bundles your dependencies with esbuild at dev-server startup, turning hundreds of module requests into one per package. Here's how it works, how to verify it, and when to tune optimizeDeps.
Vite Dependency Pre-Bundling: How esbuild Speeds Up Your Dev Server
Vite pre-bundles CommonJS dependencies with esbuild at startup to serve native ES modules instantly. Learn how the cache works, how to tune optimizeDeps, and the trade-offs for dev server speed.
viteSetting Up a Vite Dev Server with Reliable Hot Module Replacement
Get a Vite dev server running, prove HMR actually works via the WebSocket check, and fix the common Docker/reverse-proxy cases where hot reload silently fails.
Why Vite Pre-Bundles Dependencies with esbuild and How to Manage the Trade-offs
Vite speeds up dev server startup by pre‑bundling node_modules with esbuild, caching the result, and letting you control the process via optimizeDeps. Learn how it works, its limits, and practical checks.
Inside Vite's HMR Architecture: Requirements, Boundaries, and Failure Modes
An architecture note on Vite's HMR: why serving native ES modules instead of a bundle makes updates near-instant, where the trust boundaries sit, and the circular-import and dev/prod divergence failure modes to watch for.
Diagnosing Slow Vite Dev Server Startup Due to Dependency Pre‑bundling Bottlenecks
A step‑by‑step diagnostic guide for when Vite’s dev server stalls on 'Optimizing dependencies…' due to Node version, esbuild, dependency count, or native addons.
Understanding Vite.js Hot Module Replacement: Requirements, Minimal Design, and Failure Modes
A concise architecture note that explains what Vite’s HMR needs, how it is built, where trust is enforced, how it operates, and when it falls back to a full reload.