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Symfony ImportMaps

Symfony ImportMaps: Manage Your JavaScript Dependencies Without Node

Posted on March 30, 2023August 2, 2023 by Kévin Dunglas

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Yarn, NPM, pnpm, Babel, SWC, Webpack, TurboPack, Rollup, Parcel… Is it really necessary to introduce so much complexity to create a beautiful and interactive website?

The Symfony UX initiative greatly simplified how to build frontend applications with Symfony by going back to the roots: server-side generated HTML (goodbye JSX, our good old Twig is back), and minimalist JavaScript thanks to Hotwire. However, to use Symfony UX, you still need to install, set up, and maintain an entire JS toolchain… which is no picnic.

Is it still really necessary?! Browers recently gained features making it possible to do without most of them. Let’s see how to get rid of the complexity by using the web platform… and the new Symfony ImportMap component!

Related posts:

  1. Symfony UX Turbo: Do You Still Need JavaScript?! (SymfonyWorld)
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  3. Symfony Live 2015 : Construire des applications API-centric avec Symfony
  4. API Platform and Symfony: a Framework for API-driven Projects (SymfonyCon)

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