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I’d recommend reading this[1] (fantastic) article that came out a few years ago. It’s exactly the kind of guide you’re looking for.

[1] https://peterxjang.com/blog/modern-javascript-explained-for-...

Some notes of things that have changed in the last five years:

- bundling is (almost) no longer needed for simple import/export as we now have a native module capability (esmodules). The biggest issue you’re likely to have here is waiting for any dependencies you have to upgrade from common js to esmodules.

- transpiling is not as necessary unless you explicitly have to support IE11, or require something in the latest ecmascript spec.

It really speaks to the maturation of front-end development that after five years that article is still fairly accurate.

About time too - I’m too old to put up with that level of churn anymore.



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