reactjs/react-rails

Support for Vite

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#1134 opened on Jun 16, 2021

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Description

This is a feature suggestion, and I imagine it would be a ton of work, so I mainly just wanted to start a thread for discussion.

React-Rails already supports both Sprockets and Webpack. Adding support for Vite would be great. There's a relatively new vite_ruby gem, and the author there commented on the feasibility of using it with react-rails. In my case, the app I wanted to try it with uses SSR, so I didn't get very far in testing it out.

Any thoughts?

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Tech stack
javascriptreact
Domain
frontenddeveloper experience
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
5
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
blocked
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
needs investigation
Prerequisites
React RailsWebpackSprocketsVite
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
5
Research direction
Investigate the vite ruby gem and its compatibility with react rails. Review the discussion at vite ruby/discussions/86 for feasibility. Understand the current build tool integrations (Sprockets, Webpack) and determine the architecture changes needed to support Vite. Consider the maintainer's feedback on using Vite with SSR.