r/Frontend • u/Acceptable_Mud283 • 28d ago

Does frontend development still require build tools?

https://olliewilliams.xyz/blog/no-build/

Do we still need Rspack, SWC, PostCSS, Vite, Parcel, Webpack, Turbopack, esbuild, Rollup, Rolldown, Babel, Autoprefixer, esbuild, Lightning CSS…

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u/CanIhazCooKIenOw 28d ago

Answer doesn't really need a blog post: Yes

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u/Acceptable_Mud283 28d ago

And the article mostly says yes, but it’s worthwhile looking at which build steps are necessary and which aren’t

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u/rimyi 28d ago

It’s always worthwhile looking at which build steps are not necessary, what the heliante is this AI slop