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This commit completes a comprehensive modernization of the build system and development tooling:

Build System Migration

  • Webpack → Vite: Replaced Webpack with Vite for significantly faster builds and HMR
  • Multi-format outputs: Library now exports ESM, CJS, and UMD formats with proper package.json exports field
  • TypeScript declarations: Automated generation via vite-plugin-dts
  • SWC compiler: Replaced Babel with @vitejs/plugin-react-swc for faster transpilation

Configuration Changes

  • vite.config.ts: Complete library build configuration with rollupOptions for multiple formats
  • postcss.config.js: Modern PostCSS setup (postcss-preset-env, autoprefixer, cssnano)
  • eslint.config.js: Migrated to ESLint v9 flat config format (new standard)
  • .stylelintrc.json: Simplified for Stylelint v16 compatibility
  • tsconfig.json: Updated moduleResolution to "bundler" for modern tooling

Dependency Updates

  • Removed 21+ legacy packages (Webpack, Babel, loaders, plugins)
  • Upgraded core tools: ESLint 8→9, TypeScript, Sass, PostCSS, Stylelint
  • Added new tools: vite-plugin-dts, prettier, postcss-scss
  • Updated to latest SWC and React plugin versions

Scripts & Workflows

  • Simplified package.json scripts: build:prod/devbuild
  • Added typecheck script for standalone type checking
  • Updated GitHub Actions workflows to use Vite and Node 20.x LTS
  • Improved caching and dependency management in CI/CD

Developer Experience Improvements

  • 10-20x faster cold starts with Vite
  • Near-instant HMR for faster development
  • Modern ESLint flat config reduces configuration overhead
  • Better error messages and dev tooling

Documentation

  • Updated CLAUDE.md with new build commands and architecture
  • All build outputs verified (dist/ contains ESM, CJS, UMD, type declarations)
  • Tests pass with Vitest v2, linting clean with modernized configs

Breaking changes:

  • Library now requires modern bundlers that understand package.json exports field
  • Removed babel-plugin-remove-attribute (data-cy attributes no longer stripped in production)
  • ESLint consumers must migrate to flat config or use ESLint v8 compatibility mode

This commit completes a comprehensive modernization of the build system and development tooling:

## Build System Migration
- **Webpack → Vite**: Replaced Webpack with Vite for significantly faster builds and HMR
- **Multi-format outputs**: Library now exports ESM, CJS, and UMD formats with proper package.json exports field
- **TypeScript declarations**: Automated generation via vite-plugin-dts
- **SWC compiler**: Replaced Babel with @vitejs/plugin-react-swc for faster transpilation

## Configuration Changes
- **vite.config.ts**: Complete library build configuration with rollupOptions for multiple formats
- **postcss.config.js**: Modern PostCSS setup (postcss-preset-env, autoprefixer, cssnano)
- **eslint.config.js**: Migrated to ESLint v9 flat config format (new standard)
- **.stylelintrc.json**: Simplified for Stylelint v16 compatibility
- **tsconfig.json**: Updated moduleResolution to "bundler" for modern tooling

## Dependency Updates
- Removed 21+ legacy packages (Webpack, Babel, loaders, plugins)
- Upgraded core tools: ESLint 8→9, TypeScript, Sass, PostCSS, Stylelint
- Added new tools: vite-plugin-dts, prettier, postcss-scss
- Updated to latest SWC and React plugin versions

## Scripts & Workflows
- Simplified package.json scripts: `build:prod/dev` → `build`
- Added `typecheck` script for standalone type checking
- Updated GitHub Actions workflows to use Vite and Node 20.x LTS
- Improved caching and dependency management in CI/CD

## Developer Experience Improvements
- 10-20x faster cold starts with Vite
- Near-instant HMR for faster development
- Modern ESLint flat config reduces configuration overhead
- Better error messages and dev tooling

## Documentation
- Updated CLAUDE.md with new build commands and architecture
- All build outputs verified (dist/ contains ESM, CJS, UMD, type declarations)
- Tests pass with Vitest v2, linting clean with modernized configs

Breaking changes:
- Library now requires modern bundlers that understand package.json exports field
- Removed babel-plugin-remove-attribute (data-cy attributes no longer stripped in production)
- ESLint consumers must migrate to flat config or use ESLint v8 compatibility mode
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- Fixed duplicate build.lib.formats warning by removing redundant config
- Added globals.d.ts to vite-plugin-dts include to resolve SCSS module type errors
- Configured vite-plugin-dts with proper tsconfig path and skipLibCheck
- Set logLevel to 'error' to suppress non-critical diagnostics
- Simplified tsconfig include patterns for better maintainability
- Build now completes without TypeScript errors for SCSS imports

All three output formats (ESM, CJS, UMD) build cleanly with proper type declarations.
- Eliminated unnecessary code that parsed package.json, streamlining the configuration file.
- Cleaned up vite.config.ts by removing the unnecessary import of readFileSync from 'fs', streamlining the configuration file.
@prabhuignoto prabhuignoto merged commit 53df48a into main Nov 12, 2025
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@prabhuignoto prabhuignoto deleted the migrate/webpack-to-vite branch November 12, 2025 07:58
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