--- title: Bundling | daily.dev description: An introduction to web bundlers, explaining why they are needed and what they do. Starting from a plain HTML/CSS/JS example, it demonstrates the problems of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bundling-zbefv3utl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bundling | daily.dev og:description: An introduction to web bundlers, explaining why they are needed and what they do. Starting from a plain HTML/CSS/JS example, it demonstrates the problems of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bundling-zbefv3utl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Zbefv3uTl.png og:image:alt: Bundling og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bundling **[Playful Programming](https://daily.dev/sources/playfulprogramming)** · [@crutchcorn](https://daily.dev/crutchcorn) · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An introduction to web bundlers, explaining why they are needed and what they do. Starting from a plain HTML/CSS/JS example, it demonstrates the problems of managing multiple files and non-browser-native languages like TypeScript and SCSS without a bundler. The post covers bundler capabilities including transpilation, tree-shaking, minification, and hot module reloading, then walks through setting up Vite with React using `npm create vite@latest`. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Vite is like the United Nations of JavaScript](https://daily.dev/posts/vite-is-like-the-united-nations-of-javascript-fxbbpjwry) · Stack Overflow Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#vite](https://daily.dev/tags/vite) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bundling-zbefv3utl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Bundling","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bundling-zbefv3utl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bundling-zbefv3utl"},"datePublished":"2026-03-16T21:47:34.635Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T18:02:45.114Z","description":"An introduction to web bundlers, explaining why they are needed and what they do. Starting from a plain HTML/CSS/JS example, it demonstrates the problems of...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c40bf57214d303a4735a614f46609035?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c40bf57214d303a4735a614f46609035?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Playful Programming","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Corbin Crutchley","url":"https://daily.dev/crutchcorn","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9100169?v=4","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":400}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/bundling-zbefv3utl","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"webdev,react,typescript,vite","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Playful Programming","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/playfulprogramming"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Bundling"}]} ```