Bundling React applications with Vite provides extremely fast development builds and optimized production bundles with minimal configuration. With over 12 years of React experience since 2014 and as the creator of CoreUI, I’ve migrated numerous projects to Vite for improved developer experience. Vite uses native ES modules during development and Rollup for production, delivering instant server start and lightning-fast hot module replacement. This approach dramatically improves development speed while maintaining excellent production build optimization.

Bundling React applications with Webpack provides full control over the build process, optimization strategies, and asset handling. With over 12 years of React experience since 2014 and as the creator of CoreUI, I’ve configured Webpack for numerous production React applications. Webpack bundles JavaScript, CSS, images, and other assets into optimized files for deployment with extensive plugin ecosystem. This approach offers maximum flexibility for complex build requirements and custom optimization strategies.