Gatsby: Consider using Parcel bundler instead of webpack

[kripod]

Using Parcel instead of webpack could improve the developer experience by providing lower build times (especially with cache). Plugins and APIs would have to be rewritten in order to support new (or even multiple) bundling mechanisms.

[KyleAMathews]

I'd be very interested in seeing a prototype of Gatsby using Parcel — it definitely seems like it'd provide big speedups.

It wouldn't be possible to try the port until we finish the webpack 3 upgrade as Gatsby core uses require.ensure still for code splitting. Once we're using async import, it'd be much easier to try the port.

[Niko-La]

Parcel fits in very well with Gatsby design philosophy @kylemathews

[calpa]

Would it be faster if gatsby is using Parcel?

[gaui]

This would be awesome.

[tsiq-swyx]

i dont know how much is needed to "prototype" gatsby but i did a parcel SSG recently: https://github.com/sw-yx/boring-ssg

parcel lacks the event system to truly parallelize builds, and I raised an issue here: https://github.com/parcel-bundler/parcel/issues/1660

once that gets built in, parcel-based SSGs should easily outperform webpack-based ones.

[colbyhub]

I would love to see this!

[DOSputin]

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[Odelya]

Adding the request

[cosbor11]

@KyleAMathews - Hey! It it looks like parcel supports code-splitting with the current version:
https://parceljs.org/code_splitting.html. I like that parcel is all about trying to minimize configuration

[pranshuchittora]

Hi there, I think a lot of work is required in order to migrate. I think the webpack ecosystem is huge, tried and tested by the industry.

I am closing this issue, but feel free to reopen.
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