Common Libraries / Packages We Use

Production

JavaScript

• Angular
  • JavaScript framework
• Express.js
  • Web server
• mongoose
  • MongoDB wrapper. (Use via @rootreeweb/db-lib)
• Next.js
  • JavaScript framework
• React
  • User interface library
• TypeScript
  • Superset of JavaScript

PHP

• WordPress
  • PHP framework

Agnostic

• SASS
  • Superset of CSS
• TailwindCSS
  • CSS framework

Development

JavaScript

• ESLint
  • JS/TS analysis/linting
• swc
  • JavaScript/TypeScript compiler
• TurboRepo
  • Tool for managing mono-repos
• Vite
  • Website bundler/build tool
• Vitest
  • Unit test framework
• webpack
  • Website bundler/build tool (Use via @rootreeweb/rt-webpack-helper)
• Yarn
  • JavaScript package manager

PHP

• Composer
  • PHP package manager
• PHP_CodeSniffer
  • PHP static-analysis/formatting for WordPress standards
• PHPStan
  • PHP static-analysis
• PHPUnit
  • PHP unit testing framework

Agnostic

• Playwright
  • End-to-end testing framework
• Prettier
  • Code formatting
• Puppeteer
  • Browser automation
• Stylelint
  • CSS/SASS static-analysis/linting

Previous (You might see remnants)

• Axios (Network request library for node.js, unnecessary for browser sites)
• Bootstrap (CSS framework)
• Jest (Unit test framework) Vitest is preferred due to better TypeScript and ESM support
• lodash (JavaScript utilities)
• Parcel (Website bundler/build tool)
• tsup (TypeScript compiler/bundler) swc is preferred for better Next.js support