Best-in-Class Developer Experience with Vite and Hydrogen - Shopify

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This post details the integration of Vite as the bundler and development server for Hydrogen. It explains the benefits of Vite over traditional bundlers like Webpack, focusing on its speed, ease of use, plugin system, and support for native ES Modules and Hot Module Replacement (HMR). It also highlights Vite's capabilities for Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and its compatibility with React Server Components (RSC), which are crucial for Hydrogen's functionality. The post outlines how Hydrogen leverages Vite by using specific plugins like `hydrogen-config`, `react-server-dom-vite`, and `hydrogen-middleware` to achieve its performance and developer experience goals.