Employing Build Tools: Optimizing Frontend Development with Webpack, Gulp, or Grunt

Abstract

Frontend development with continuous progress has reached a point where the objective is to not only achieve the required output but now other attributes like optimization are also associated with modern development. To achieve these additional objectives, developers need to consider multiple domains of the project like scalability, dependencies, loading, code organization, project configuration, performance, and optimization. However, it is not possible to manually perform all the necessary actions for these factors. Therefore, suitable build tools are required to effectively automate these tasks. This will not only make different complex tasks possible but will save resources both for organizations and individuals. The highlighted tools are webpack, gulp, and grunt. This research explores these tools in terms of solving development-related challenges. The study aims to discuss the effective tools that can help to improve the development as well as maintenance process. The recommendations with their benefits help to identify the problems being faced by the individual and present the most suitable tool to avoid them in future development.