refactor(mc-scripts): manually group some vendor chunks

.changeset/gentle-icons-compare.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@commercetools-frontend/mc-scripts': patch
+---
+
+Manually group some vendor chunks.

packages/mc-scripts/src/commands/build-vite.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { build, type Plugin } from 'vite';
 import { packageLocation as applicationStaticAssetsPath } from '@commercetools-frontend/assets';
 import { generateTemplate } from '@commercetools-frontend/mc-html-template';
+import { manualChunks } from '../config/optimizations';
 import paths from '../config/paths';
 import pluginDynamicBaseAssetsGlobals from '../vite-plugins/vite-plugin-dynamic-base-assets-globals';
 import pluginI18nMessageCompilation from '../vite-plugins/vite-plugin-i18n-message-compilation';
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ async function run() {
         // NOTE that after the build, Vite will write the `index.html` (template)
         // at the `/public/public/index.html` location. See `fs.renameSync` below.
         input: paths.appIndexHtml,
-        // Reduce the memory footpring when building sourcemaps.
+        output: { manualChunks },
+        // Reduce the memory footprint when building sourcemaps.
         // https://github.com/vitejs/vite/issues/2433#issuecomment-1361094727
         cache: false,
       },

packages/mc-scripts/src/config/create-webpack-config-for-development.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import createPostcssConfig from './create-postcss-config';
 import hasJsxRuntime from './has-jsx-runtime';
 // https://babeljs.io/blog/2017/09/11/zero-config-with-babel-macros
 import momentLocalesToKeep from /* preval */ './moment-locales';
+import { webpackCacheGroups } from './optimizations';
 import paths from './paths';
 import vendorsToTranspile from './vendors-to-transpile';
 
@@ -71,17 +72,15 @@ function createWebpackConfigForDevelopment(
     // https://medium.com/webpack/webpack-4-code-splitting-chunk-graph-and-the-splitchunks-optimization-be739a861366
     // https://medium.com/webpack/webpack-4-mode-and-optimization-5423a6bc597a
     optimization: {
-      // Automatically split vendor and commons
-      // https://twitter.com/wSokra/status/969633336732905474
-      splitChunks: {
-        chunks: 'all',
-      },
       // Keep the runtime chunk separated to enable long term caching
       // https://twitter.com/wSokra/status/969679223278505985
       // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/5358
       runtimeChunk: {
         name: 'runtime',
       },
+      splitChunks: {
+        cacheGroups: webpackCacheGroups,
+      },
       moduleIds: 'named',
       chunkIds: 'deterministic',
     },

packages/mc-scripts/src/config/create-webpack-config-for-production.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import createPostcssConfig from './create-postcss-config';
 import hasJsxRuntime from './has-jsx-runtime';
 // https://babeljs.io/blog/2017/09/11/zero-config-with-babel-macros
 import momentLocalesToKeep from /* preval */ './moment-locales';
+import { webpackCacheGroups } from './optimizations';
 import paths from './paths';
 import vendorsToTranspile from './vendors-to-transpile';
 
@@ -128,6 +129,9 @@ function createWebpackConfigForProduction(
       runtimeChunk: {
         name: 'runtime',
       },
+      splitChunks: {
+        cacheGroups: webpackCacheGroups,
+      },
       moduleIds: 'named',
       chunkIds: 'deterministic',
     },

packages/mc-scripts/src/config/optimizations.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Dependencies to be split/grouped into separate chunks.
+// This is useful to reduce the main bundle size and have more
+// dedicated caching strategy for specific chunks.
+// https://webpack.js.org/plugins/split-chunks-plugin/
+// https://rollupjs.org/configuration-options/#output-manualchunks
+const manualChunks = {
+  'apollo-client': ['@apollo/client'],
+  'core-js-pure': ['core-js-pure'],
+  'commercetools-uikit-icons': ['@commercetools-uikit/icons'],
+  moment: ['moment', 'moment-timezone'],
+  react: [
+    'react',
+    'react-dom',
+    'react-router',
+    'react-router-dom',
+    'react-intl',
+    '@reduxjs/toolkit',
+    'redux',
+    'react-redux',
+    'redux-logger',
+    'redux-thunk',
+  ],
+  'sentry-browser': ['@sentry/browser'],
+};
+
+const webpackCacheGroups = Object.entries(manualChunks).reduce(
+  (previousChunks, [chunkName, vendors]) => {
+    return {
+      ...previousChunks,
+      [chunkName]: {
+        test: new RegExp(`[\\/]node_modules[\\/](${vendors.join('|')})[\\/]`),
+        name: chunkName,
+        chunks: 'all',
+      },
+    };
+  },
+  {}
+);
+
+export { manualChunks, webpackCacheGroups };