Modify Transpiler/Add "type": "module" to package.json

[matthewoestreich]

Hey @Domino987 I wanted to get your thoughts on this..

Currently, we use Babel to transpile our code (comes out to ~370kb). How would you feel about using esbuild to transpile? The output is about half the size at ~160kb.

Doing so would also mean we would have to specify "type": "module" in our package.json file. This is because others need to know that import/export must be used when using our library. Which shouldn't be an issue because it's a React library, which uses ES6 features by default (and the consumer is already responsible for transpiling the code further if they wish).

Thoughts?

I have already been testing this and it appears I have resolved all prior issues.

[Domino987]

I am not really used to the whole module thing to be honest. I just use CRA. So I can barely say something about it. Why not release a major version and see if problems arise?

[Domino987]

Quite a drastic reducing even on bundlephobia

[matthewoestreich]

I've got a question for you. Why does bundlephobia show different size than npm? That confuses me lol