Simple, fast builds for next-gen web development.

dsbuild compiles Deno TypeScript to a single JavaScript file that can be run in the browser.

Features:

• Automatic rebuilds as you develop (dsbuild --watch)
• Previewing via a simple included web server (dsbuild --serve)
• URL imports using https://, file://, npm:, and import maps.
• Full support for Deno syntax and modules that don’t require the Deno namespace or system APIs.
• Powered by esbuild and esbuild_deno_loader under the hood.

Installation

1. Install the Deno runtime.

2. Run the following command to install dsbuild:

deno install -frA -n dsbuild https://deno.land/x/dsbuild/mod.ts

1. Ensure $HOME/.deno/bin is in your PATH environment variable.

Usage

• dsbuild

  • Run this command from any directory to compile src/app.ts into public/app.js.

  • This is equivalent to running dsbuild --in src/app.ts --out public/app.js which lets you configure the filenames used.

• dsbuild --watch

  • Watches src/ directory and rebuilds on changes.

• dsbuild --serve --watch

  • Watch and serve public/ on localhost:8000.

• dsbuild --serve-only

  • Serve public/ on localhost:8000 without building.

• dsbuild --import-map import-map.json

  • Builds with import map.

• dsbuild --tsconfig

  • Generates a tsconfig.json you can use for Deno + browser development

  • You can also run dsbuild --tsconfig --out tsconfig.json to write to a file.

• DENO_ENV=development dsbuild

  • Builds without minification.

Quick Start

Check out the examples/ folder for a demo, after git clone-ing this repo and installing dsbuild.

Inside the folder, run dsbuild --serve --watch, make changes to src/app.ts, and you should see the page immediately update.

Contributors

Feel free to contribute to this project.

License

MIT license.