What is Vite?

Vite is a modern frontend build tool developed by Evan You, the creator of Vue. With its ESM-based approach, the dev server starts instantly and changes are reflected in milliseconds.

It is a much faster and lighter alternative compared to Create React App.

Setup and Getting Started

To create a new React project with Vite, use the npm create vite@latest command. You can choose the TypeScript template to start a type-safe project.

After setup, start the dev server with npm run dev.

Development Experience

Vite shows code changes instantly without page refresh thanks to HMR (Hot Module Replacement). CSS, images, and TypeScript support come by default.

Instant server startup Millisecond updates with HMR TypeScript and JSX support CSS pre-processor support

Configuration and Plugins

Vite is configured with a vite.config.ts file. Its rich plugin ecosystem lets you add support for React, Vue, Svelte, and many other frameworks.

Production Build

Vite produces optimized outputs for production with its Rollup-based build system. It automatically handles optimizations like code splitting, CSS minification, and lazy loading.