🔥 JavaScript import maps are now in all the browsers! Here is how they work with ES modules.

Node.js also supports something very similar to import maps. It must be prefixed with '#' and can be used as a wildcard. There is talk + experiments around supporting the full spec via Node.js Policies Deno supports the importmap spec

TypeScript has `path` where you can do something very similar as well, but needs some work from your bundler to work. Maybe once we see Node.js pick up import maps, the TS paths can be replaced with import maps. Web standards?

I wonder how the dependency conflicts would be solved in this context 🤔. Or is this just another way of importing a library like a regular script src tag?

It only resolves them 1 level deep, so your dependencies would have to resolve themselves or have their own import map. So i'd expect the same issues that we have with npm

🔥 So excited to try it.

Excellent for testing avoiding installing modules for a simple test application! Thank you!!

Was not prepared for the safari dev tools jump scare at the end

Good for those of us who don't need to transpile any JSX.

Cool!

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