Turbopack - DX Matters

Explore the development of Turbopack, a new bundler designed to address Developer Experience (DX) issues in web development, particularly for large applications. Dive into the motivation behind its creation, examining specific DX challenges faced with webpack in Next.js and how Turbopack aims to overcome them through innovative techniques, trade-offs, and architecture. Learn about the goals, approach, and challenges of building a web development tool in Rust, and discover new ideas for improving future web development practices. Gain insights from Tobias Koppers, founder of Webpack, as he shares the journey of creating Turbopack and its potential impact on the web development landscape.

Intro
Developer experience challenge
Huge investment
Build the successor to webpack
Goals
Story
Approach
Challenges
New ideas
Outro