Turbopack - Rust-based successor to Webpack
summary
Quick 15-minute rundown of why Turbopack replaces Webpack: Rust core plus an incremental computation engine that caches function inputs/outputs so rebuilds touch only changed modules, native Rust speed, and SWC as the transpiler claimed 20x faster than Babel. Supports TypeScript, JSX, WASM, Next.js (use next dev --turbo), and faster HMR. Mentions RS Pack as a Webpack-compatible Rust alternative and Vite (Go) as a stable, fast option.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and thanks
- 1:08JavaScript modules and bundlers
- 5:49Problem with slow bundlers
- 6:11Introducing Turbopack
- 9:42Why replace Webpack
- 10:02Turbopack architecture
- 11:26How Turbopack is fast
- 12:50Getting started with Turbopack
- 13:34Introducing Rspack
- 14:40Comparison with Vite
- 15:21Summary and resources
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