About this episode
In this episode, the hosts discuss the major release of Vite 7 and its new features.
👉 Don't forget to join ViteConf on October 9-10 in Amsterdam In this episode of DejaVue, Michael and Alexander look into the major release of Vite 7, including the move to ESM-only, dropping Node 18 support, and adopting the Baseline browser target. They also discuss the evolving Environment API, upcoming changes in Rolldown-Vite, new Vite dev tools, and more. Enjoy the Episode! Chapters (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue (00:48) - Vite 7 without breaking changes (01:53) - Node Version dropped (03:13) - ESM-only and Module Formats (09:04) - What does ECMA and GIF mean? (10:51) - Browser target to Baseline Wide Available (14:31) - Environment API (16:14) - Rolldown-Vite (17:39) - Cleaning up APIs (18:11) - Vite Dev Tools (21:41) - ViteConf (22:57) - Vite Plugin Vue Beta (25:04) - Wrapping Up Links and Resources Vite Announcement post require(esm) in Node tsdown obuild fdir PR DejaVue #E058 - The History of Nuxt and NuxtLabs (with Sébastien Chopin) DejaVue #E051 - Vite Inside Out (with Matias "Patak" Capeletto) Vite DevTools Preview (screenshot) Vite Plugin Vue 6.0 (not beta anymore) Your Hosts Alexander Lichter Bluesky YouTube Website Michael Thiessen Twitter YouTube Website --- Links…
People in this episode
Hosts: Alexander Lichter, Michael Thiessen
Topics covered
- Vite 7 release
- ESM-only
- Node support
- Environment API
- Vite dev tools
- ViteConf
Keywords
- Vite 7
- ESM-only
- Node 18
- Baseline browser target
- Environment API
- Rolldown-Vite
- Vite Dev Tools
- ViteConf
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ViteConf
Products: Vite 7, Node 18, Baseline, Rolldown-Vite, Vite Dev Tools
Places: Amsterdam
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