![JavaScript - my develop, build bundler setup with TypeScript & Vite [Part #2]](/content/images/size/w768/2024/09/compressed_cans.jpg)
In part #1 I talked about setting up a Vite project from VSCode. That's only half the job because sooner or later you'll need to share what you made, and maybe one day even make it live. And let's not overlook testing.
![JavaScript - my develop, build
bundler setup with TypeScript & Vite [Part #1]](/content/images/size/w768/2024/09/clean_cans.jpg)
When I moved over to TypeScript I could see the benefits but the code-transpile-test loop was way to slow, and I found a whole new world of pain in the form of bundlers. That was before I found Vite - since then my productivity is up and my frustration down. Here's why...
I'm developing an app that will generate / layout rich text in a canvas. So far my focus has been on the browser but now I need to do some automated testing for which I use node. But node doesn't provide text support out-of-the-box so we have to use node-canvas. How to work with text in node-canvas?