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Parcel Boilerplate

Parcel boilerplate for Modern JavaScript ES6 and Beyond, using Babel, css/sass/scss, and autoprefix using PostCSS.

Table of Contents

TL;DR

If you only want to use this parcel boilerplate and dont want to know how to implement it, well just clone this repo and start developing.

  1. git clone https://github.com/finmavis/parcel-boilerplate.git
  2. Navigate to folder you just clone
  3. Install all Dependencies, yarn or npm install
  4. Then for development just run the script yarn start or npm run start
  5. To build for production just run the script yarn build or npm run build, it will generate folder build.

Getting Started

  • initial your project with npm init or yarn init

  • Create src folder

  • Create index.html and index.js inside src folder

  • Install parcel-bundler as Development Dependencies

    If you're using yarn

    yarn add --dev parcel-bundler
    

    If you're using npm

    npm install --save-dev parcel-bundler
    

    Folder structure

    |-- src
        |-- index.html
        |-- index.js
    |-- package.json
    
    • Open src/index.html and add code below :
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en">
      <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
    
        <title>Parcel Boilerplate</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        <h1>Parcel Boilerplate</h1>
    
        <script src="./index.js"></script>
      </body>
    </html>
    
    • Open src/index.js and add code below :
    const tes = () => {
      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        setTimeout(() => resolve("Hello World"), 2000);
      });
    }
    
    tes()
      .then(value => console.log(value));
    
    • Open package.json and add new scripts for starting parcel :
    "scripts": {
      "start": "parcel ./src/index.html",
      "build": "parcel build ./src/index.html"
    },
    
    • Then, you will be able to start your development by running :

    If you're using yarn

    yarn start
    

    If you're using npm

    npm run start
    

Support ES6 and Beyond to the project

  • Install @babel/core @babel/plugin-transform-runtime as Development Dependencies

    If you're using yarn

    yarn add --dev @babel/core @babel/plugin-transform-runtime
    

    If you're using npm

    npm install --save-dev @babel/core @babel/plugin-transform-runtime
    
  • Install @babel/runtime as Dependencies

    If you're using yarn

    yarn add @babel/runtime
    

    If you're using npm

    npm install --save @babel/runtime
    
  • Create .babelrc for babel configuration and add code below :

    {
      "plugins": ["@babel/plugin-transform-runtime"]
    }
    
  • Set browser list that you want to support in package.json.
    Note: you can check browserlist Here
    In this case we will use this configuration :

    "browserslist": [
      "> 1%",
      "not ie <= 9",
      "last 3 versions"
    ]
    
  • Now you can write feature JavaScript ES6 and Beyond like async/await.
    Let's do it now, Open src/index.js and edit little bit :

    const tes = () => {
      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        setTimeout(() => resolve("Hello World"), 2000);
      });
    }
    
    // I know this is dumb
    // Just for demo purpose
    async function asyncAwaitSample() {
      const result = await tes();
      console.log(result);
    }
    
    asyncAwaitSample();
    

Using Dynamic Imports for Code Splitting

  • Split our code into two files index.js and tes.js to test dynamic imports

    • index.js

      // I know this is dumb
      // Just for demo purpose
      async function asyncAwaitSample() {
        const { tes } = await import('./tes');
        const result = await tes();
        console.log(result);
      }
      
      asyncAwaitSample();
      
    • tes.js

      // I know this is dumb
      // Just for demo purpose
      export const tes = () => {
        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
          setTimeout(() => resolve("Hello World"), 2000);
        });
      }
      

Add CSS to Project

  • Create style.css inside src/css and add code below :

    *,
    *::before,
    *::after {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      box-sizing: inherit;
    }
    
    html {
      box-sizing: border-box;
      font-size: 62.5%;
    }
    
    body {
      font-size: 1.6rem;
      display: flex;
      justify-content: center;
      align-items: center;
      min-height: 100vh;
    }
    
  • Open src/index.html and add our css to head tag :

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en">
      <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
    
        <title>Parcel Boilerplate</title>
    
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/style.css" />
      </head>
      <body>
        <h1>Parcel Boilerplate</h1>
    
        <script src="./index.js"></script>
      </body>
    </html>
    

Add SASS/SCSS to Project

  • Simple, just change our css to scss or sass

  • Open src/index.html and update out style reference :

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en">
      <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
    
        <title>Parcel Boilerplate</title>
    
        <!-- Example using CSS -->
        <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/style.css"> -->
        <!-- Example using SASS -->
        <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/style.sass"> -->
        <!-- Example using SCSS -->
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/style.scss" />
      </head>
      <body>
        <h1>Parcel Boilerplate</h1>
    
        <script src="./index.js"></script>
      </body>
    </html>
    
  • Or you can import via your JavaScript file

    • Create new file fromjs.sass inside css folder

    • Add code below :

      .fromsass
        text-align: center
      
    • Import fromjs.sass on index.js

      import './css/fromjs.sass'
      
      // I know this is dumb
      // Just for demo purpose
      async function asyncAwaitSample() {
        const { tes } = await import('./tes');
        const result = await tes();
        console.log(result);
      }
      
      asyncAwaitSample();
      
    • Update index.html :

      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <html lang="en">
        <head>
          <meta charset="UTF-8" />
          <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
          <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
      
          <title>Parcel Boilerplate</title>
      
          <!-- Example using CSS -->
          <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/style.css"> -->
          <!-- Example using SASS -->
          <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/style.sass"> -->
          <!-- Example using SCSS -->
          <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/style.scss" />
        </head>
        <body>
          <h1 class="fromsass">Parcel Boilerplate</h1>
      
          <script src="./index.js"></script>
        </body>
      </html>
      

Add Autoprefix to Project

  • Install postcss-preset-env as Development Dependencies

    If you're using yarn

    yarn add --dev postcss-preset-env
    

    If you're using npm

    npm install --save-dev postcss-preset-env
    
  • Create postcss.config.js and add code below :

    module.exports = {
      plugins: [
        require('postcss-preset-env')(),
      ],
    };
    

Keep clean and fresh (Clean up before build)

  • Install parcel-plugin-clean-dist as Development Dependencies

    If you're using yarn

    yarn add --dev parcel-plugin-clean-dist
    

    If you're using npm

    npm install --save-dev parcel-plugin-clean-dist
    

Wrap it up

  • Folder Structure

    |-- src
        |-- css
            |-- fromjs.sass
            |-- style.scss
        |-- index.html
        |-- index.js
        |-- tes.js
    |-- .babelrc
    |-- package.json
    |-- postcss.config.js
    
  • src/index.html

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en">
      <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
    
        <title>Parcel Boilerplate</title>
    
        <!-- Example using CSS -->
        <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/style.css"> -->
        <!-- Example using SASS -->
        <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/style.sass"> -->
        <!-- Example using SCSS -->
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/style.scss" />
      </head>
      <body>
        <h1 class="fromsass">Parcel Boilerplate</h1>
    
        <script src="./index.js"></script>
      </body>
    </html>
    
  • src/index.js

    import './css/fromjs.sass'
    
    // I know this is dumb
    // Just for demo purpose
    async function asyncAwaitSample() {
      const { tes } = await import('./tes');
      const result = await tes();
      console.log(result);
    }
    
    asyncAwaitSample();
    
  • src/tes.js

    // I know this is dumb
    // Just for demo purpose
    export const tes = () => {
      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        setTimeout(() => resolve("Hello World"), 2000);
      });
    }
    
  • src/css/fromjs.sass

    .fromsass
    text-align: center
    
  • src/css/style.scss

    *,
    *::before,
    *::after {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      box-sizing: inherit;
    }
    
    html {
      box-sizing: border-box;
      font-size: 62.5%;
    }
    
    body {
      font-size: 1.6rem;
      display: flex;
      justify-content: center;
      align-items: center;
      min-height: 100vh;
    }