How does importmaps-rails replace yarn correctly in rails 8?

[chloerei (Rei)]

--download option has been remove. Pinning should just always download by dhh · Pull Request #217 · rails/importmap-rails · GitHub

Now I use esbuild to handle some dependencies.

Importmap or jsbundling? I use both

Original post: Importmap or jsbundling? I use both - DEV Community Starting from Rails 7, Importmap has become the default mechanism for handling JavaScript loading. It can fully utilize HTTP/2’s parallel download and caching mechanisms, avoiding the need to download all code every time a change is made by bundling everything into one large package. For js dependencies, Importmap provides a pin feature, for example, by running: ./bin/importmap pin local-time Importmap will download the loca…

I am considering returning to bundling because the js ecosystem is still built around builders. To reach no-build, you need to reduce dependencies as much as possible, like the 37signals project.