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Direct link to the article How to Worry About npm Package Weight
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How to Worry About npm Package Weight

It’s all too easy to go crazy with the imports and end up with megabytes upon megabytes of JavaScript. It can be a problem as that weight burdens each and every visitor from our site, very possibly delaying or stopping …

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Chris Coyier on Dec 18, 2018
Direct link to the article Using npm as a Build Tool
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Using npm as a Build Tool

The main purpose being: you’re using npm anyway, so using it directly to run scripts removes a dependency (i.e. gulp/grunt/whatever) and brings you a bit closer to the tools you are using directly. I could see this example `package.json` file …

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Chris Coyier on Apr 29, 2017
Direct link to the article Polyfill JavaScript Only When You Need To
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Polyfill JavaScript Only When You Need To

The following is a guest post by Pascal Klau, a trainee from South Germany, who dislikes unnecessary HTTP requests and broccoli. Pascal is going to explain way to use a polyfilling service in such a way that you might …

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Pascal Klau (@pascalaoms) on Nov 22, 2016
Direct link to the article Yarn
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Yarn

From the didn’t see that coming news desk:

We’re pleased to announce the open source release of Yarn, a collaboration with Exponent, Google, and Tilde. With Yarn, engineers still have access to the npm registry, but can install packages more

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Chris Coyier on Oct 12, 2016 (Updated on Oct 17, 2016)
Direct link to the article Why npm Scripts?
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Why npm Scripts?

There has been a growing sentiment (for instance) that using node packages directly, with the command line interfaces they provide, is a good route to take. As opposed to abstracting the functionality away behind a task runner. Partly: …

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Damon Bauer on Feb 12, 2016 (Updated on Aug 18, 2020)
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