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What is Bundling?

It is the combination of many small code files required for websites to work and turned into a single package.

Overview

Modern web projects consist of hundreds of small files. Browsers are slow to download these files one by one. The packaging process optimizes and combines these files, making the website load much faster.

Analogy: It's like buying a ready-made meal kit that includes everything, instead of buying the dozens of ingredients needed to make a meal one by one from the market.

How it works

Web developers assemble files and clean up unnecessary parts using tools like Webpack or Vite.

Where it is used

Frontend is used in web development processes, especially in large-scale applications.

Commonly confused with

It is not just copying files but also the process of compressing and optimizing them.

Frequently asked questions

Why do we combine files?

To increase the loading speed of the site by making the browser send fewer requests to the server.

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