Version 5 and this tool still has absolutely awful UX.
I have no problem configuring Webpack, but it's ridiculous that:
- it needs two plugins to generate CSS files [1], when the homepage lists it as one of the supported outputs in front and center; [2]
- it needs a plugin have a non-trash output log. [3]
Parcel was supposed to fix the situation, and in many cases its UX is an order of magnitude better, but in exchange it brings a slew of unfixed bugs in the most simple projects that lightly sway from the base usage.
Maybe in 2030 the JS community will have figured something out.
I have no problem configuring Webpack, but it's ridiculous that:
- it needs two plugins to generate CSS files [1], when the homepage lists it as one of the supported outputs in front and center; [2]
- it needs a plugin have a non-trash output log. [3]
Parcel was supposed to fix the situation, and in many cases its UX is an order of magnitude better, but in exchange it brings a slew of unfixed bugs in the most simple projects that lightly sway from the base usage.
Maybe in 2030 the JS community will have figured something out.
1: https://webpack.js.org/guides/asset-management/#loading-css
2: https://webpack.js.org
3: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/size-plugin