tooling/book-of-modern-frontend-tooling resource
The Front-end Tooling Book observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4633
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2364
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2505 stars · 173 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A free, open-source book introducing developers to tooling for modern front-end web applications, covering build systems, scaffolding, and dependency management. It is a work-in-progress community-written resource that can be exported to EPUB and read as an HTML site.
Use cases
- learn frontend build tools like gulp and grunt
- understand dependency management with npm and browserify
- get started with webpack as a beginner
- find a free book on modern web application tooling
- learn about scaffolding tools like yeoman
When to choose
- you want a beginner-friendly introduction to classic front-end tooling concepts
- you prefer community-reviewed, open-source learning material
- you need a quick overview of build systems, scaffolding, and dependency management
When to avoid
- you need up-to-date coverage of modern tooling like Vite or esbuild
- you want a finished, polished book rather than a work-in-progress
- you need current best practices, since content dates from around 2014-2020
Facets
learning-resource · maturity abandoned
documentation build-tool developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools tutorials open-source-book frontend-tooling build-systems dependency-management scaffolding epub web-server nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/tooling/book-of-modern-frontend-tooling · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8c8d947ca688
- homepage: http://tooling.github.io/book-of-modern-frontend-tooling/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6f3aa0cfb8a2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tooling/book-of-modern-frontend-tooling | main | 32 |
For agents
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