Vite, Frontend Tooling, and the Future | Evan You | PodRocket

Today on PodRocket, Evan You, Founder of VoidZero, Vue, and Vite, joins us to talk about: *The fragmentation of JavaScript tooling and how VoidZero aims to unify the toolchain. *How Vite became the standard for modern frontend build tooling, notable decision points over its history, and its role in evolving frameworks. *The future of JavaScript tooling, including Vite+, a unified toolchain for development, testing, and linting. *Potential collaborations, new runtimes, and what’s next for the JavaScript ecosystem. --- Links https://evanyou.me https://x.com/youyuxi https://bsky.app/profile/evanyou.me https://github.com/yyx990803 --- Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:19 Overview of JavaScript Tooling Fragmentation 01:26 Challenges in JavaScript Tooling 05:04 The Strengths and Evolution of JavaScript Ecosystem 09:10 Vite's Role in Modern JavaScript Development 22:34 Future Plans and Innovations for Vite 28:34 Quick Round of Questions 31:34 Outro --- 🎙 Listen to PodRocket 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6oFuKu89C9X1wQ7bT0QEM2 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podrocket-a-web-development-podcast-from-logrocket/id1539945251 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: @LogRocket Follow on Socials ➡️ Paige Niedringhaus, Host: https://www.paigeniedringhaus.com/ ➡️ Emily Kochanek, Producer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-kochanek-11582750/ ➡️ Elizabeth Becz, Production Assistant: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethb3cz/ ➡️ LogRocket: https://www.linkedin.com/company/logrocket/ --- What does LogRocket do? LogRocket provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surface the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com.