Why Is node_modules So Big?
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the reasons your node_modules folder gets so large, and what you can do to help keep the file size down. Show Notes Welcome The punching bag of Javascript Spoiler alert - it’s text What...
Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats · Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers
May 22, 202325m 25s
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Show Notes
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the reasons your node_modules folder gets so large, and what you can do to help keep the file size down.
Show Notes- 00:24 Welcome
- 00:51 The punching bag of Javascript
- DaisyDisk
- 02:03 Spoiler alert - it’s text
- 04:49 What actually increases the size?
- 07:29 Types
- 09:27 Polyfills
- 11:09 Raycast Snippets and BetterTouchTool
- 12:44 Babel
- 15:08 Markdown
- 15:52 Translations
- 18:23 What is the solution?
- Raycast
- Bundlephobia | Size of npm dependencies
- Better Touch Tool
- Fast, disk space efficient package manager | pnpm
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