The Easiest Way to Create Your First NPM Package

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A fast and easy way to create an NPM package from start to finish
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Let’s talk a bit about it microbundle. I find it particularly effective for simple libraries because you don’t have to worry about configuration, allowing you to focus on developing your package. Here is a short list of its features: Built-in configs; all you have to do is add an “exports” field in package.json TypeScript support out of the box without tsconfig.json Multiple output formats (CJS, UMD, and ESM) Built-in Terser compression