feat(schema, vite)!: enable vite-node by default (#6217)

Co-authored-by: Pooya Parsa <pooya@pi0.io>

packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts

@@ -5,16 +5,11 @@ export default {
      * Set to true to generate an async entry point for the Vue bundle (for module federation support).
      */
     asyncEntry: {
-      $resolve: (val, get) => val ?? (get('dev') && get('experimental.viteNode')) ?? false
+      $resolve: (val, get) => val ?? false
     },
 
     /**
-     * Use `vite-node` for on-demand server chunk loading.
+     * Enable Vue's reactivity transform
-     */
-    viteNode: process.env.EXPERIMENTAL_VITE_NODE ? true : false,
-
-    /**
-     * Enable Vue's reactivity transform.
      * @see https://vuejs.org/guide/extras/reactivity-transform.html
      */
     reactivityTransform: false,
@@ -31,6 +26,23 @@ export default {
      */
     treeshakeClientOnly: false,
 
+    /**
+     * Use vite-node for on-demand server chunk loading
+     *
+     * @deprecated use `vite.devBundler: 'vite-node'`
+     */
+    viteNode: {
+      $resolve: (val) => {
+        val = process.env.EXPERIMENTAL_VITE_NODE ? true : val
+        if (val === true) {
+          console.warn('`vite-node` is now enabled by default. You can safely remove `experimental.viteNode` from your config.')
+        } else if (val === false) {
+          console.warn('`vite-node` is now enabled by default. To disable it, set `vite.devBundler` to `legacy` instead.')
+        }
+        return val ?? true
+      }
+    },
+
     /**
      * Split server bundle into multiple chunks and dynamically import them.
      *

packages/schema/src/types/config.ts

@@ -45,4 +45,9 @@ export interface ViteConfig extends ViteUserConfig {
    * @see https://github.com/vitejs/vite/tree/main/packages/plugin-vue
    */
   vue?: VuePluginOptions
+  /**
+   * Bundler for dev time server-side rendering.
+   * @default 'vite-node'
+   */
+  devBundler?: 'vite-node' | 'legacy'
 }

packages/vite/src/client.ts

@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ import { wpfs } from './utils/wpfs'
 import type { ViteBuildContext, ViteOptions } from './vite'
 import { writeManifest } from './manifest'
 import { devStyleSSRPlugin } from './plugins/dev-ssr-css'
+import { viteNodePlugin } from './vite-node'
 
 export async function buildClient (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
+  const useAsyncEntry = ctx.nuxt.options.experimental.asyncEntry
+  ctx.entry = resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.appDir, useAsyncEntry ? 'entry.async' : 'entry')
+
   const clientConfig: vite.InlineConfig = vite.mergeConfig(ctx.config, {
+    entry: ctx.entry,
     experimental: {
       renderBuiltUrl: (filename, { type, hostType }) => {
         if (hostType !== 'js' || type === 'asset') {
@@ -30,6 +35,9 @@ export async function buildClient (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
       'process.client': true,
       'module.hot': false
     },
+    optimizeDeps: {
+      entries: [ctx.entry]
+    },
     resolve: {
       alias: {
         '#build/plugins': resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.buildDir, 'plugins/client'),
@@ -38,7 +46,10 @@ export async function buildClient (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
     },
     build: {
       manifest: true,
-      outDir: resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.buildDir, 'dist/client')
+      outDir: resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.buildDir, 'dist/client'),
+      rollupOptions: {
+        input: ctx.entry
+      }
     },
     plugins: [
       cacheDirPlugin(ctx.nuxt.options.rootDir, 'client'),
@@ -48,9 +59,7 @@ export async function buildClient (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
         srcDir: ctx.nuxt.options.srcDir,
         buildAssetsURL: joinURL(ctx.nuxt.options.app.baseURL, ctx.nuxt.options.app.buildAssetsDir)
       }),
-      ctx.nuxt.options.experimental.viteNode
+      viteNodePlugin(ctx)
-        ? await import('./vite-node').then(r => r.viteNodePlugin(ctx))
-        : undefined
     ],
     appType: 'custom',
     server: {

packages/vite/src/server.ts

@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ import { joinURL, withoutLeadingSlash, withTrailingSlash } from 'ufo'
 import { ViteBuildContext, ViteOptions } from './vite'
 import { wpfs } from './utils/wpfs'
 import { cacheDirPlugin } from './plugins/cache-dir'
+import { initViteNodeServer } from './vite-node'
 
 export async function buildServer (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
+  const useAsyncEntry = ctx.nuxt.options.experimental.asyncEntry ||
+   (ctx.nuxt.options.vite.devBundler === 'vite-node' && ctx.nuxt.options.dev)
+  ctx.entry = resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.appDir, useAsyncEntry ? 'entry.async' : 'entry')
+
   const _resolve = (id: string) => resolveModule(id, { paths: ctx.nuxt.options.modulesDir })
   const serverConfig: vite.InlineConfig = vite.mergeConfig(ctx.config, {
+    entry: ctx.entry,
     base: ctx.nuxt.options.dev
       ? joinURL(ctx.nuxt.options.app.baseURL.replace(/^\.\//, '/') || '/', ctx.nuxt.options.app.buildAssetsDir)
       : undefined,
@@ -39,6 +45,9 @@ export async function buildServer (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
       'typeof location': '"undefined"',
       'typeof XMLHttpRequest': '"undefined"'
     },
+    optimizeDeps: {
+      entries: [ctx.entry]
+    },
     resolve: {
       alias: {
         '#build/plugins': resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.buildDir, 'plugins/server'),
@@ -73,6 +82,7 @@ export async function buildServer (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
       outDir: resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.buildDir, 'dist/server'),
       ssr: ctx.nuxt.options.ssr ?? true,
       rollupOptions: {
+        input: ctx.entry,
         external: ['#internal/nitro', ...ctx.nuxt.options.experimental.externalVue ? ['vue', 'vue-router'] : []],
         output: {
           entryFileNames: 'server.mjs',
@@ -141,10 +151,10 @@ export async function buildServer (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
   // Initialize plugins
   await viteServer.pluginContainer.buildStart({})
 
-  if (ctx.nuxt.options.experimental.viteNode) {
+  if (ctx.config.devBundler !== 'legacy') {
-    logger.info('Vite server using experimental `vite-node`...')
+    await initViteNodeServer(ctx)
-    await import('./vite-node').then(r => r.initViteNodeServer(ctx))
   } else {
+    logger.info('Vite server using legacy server bundler...')
     await import('./dev-bundler').then(r => r.initViteDevBundler(ctx, onBuild))
   }
 }

packages/vite/src/vite.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as vite from 'vite'
-import { join, resolve } from 'pathe'
+import { join } from 'pathe'
 import type { Nuxt } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import type { InlineConfig, SSROptions } from 'vite'
 import { logger, isIgnored } from '@nuxt/kit'
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { composableKeysPlugin } from './plugins/composable-keys'
 export interface ViteOptions extends InlineConfig {
   vue?: Options
   ssr?: SSROptions
+  devBundler?: 'vite-node' | 'legacy'
 }
 
 export interface ViteBuildContext {
@@ -27,10 +28,9 @@ export interface ViteBuildContext {
 }
 
 export async function bundle (nuxt: Nuxt) {
-  const entry = resolve(nuxt.options.appDir, nuxt.options.experimental.asyncEntry ? 'entry.async' : 'entry')
   const ctx: ViteBuildContext = {
     nuxt,
-    entry,
+    entry: null,
     config: vite.mergeConfig(
       {
         resolve: {
@@ -47,14 +47,12 @@ export async function bundle (nuxt: Nuxt) {
           }
         },
         optimizeDeps: {
-          entries: [entry],
           include: ['vue']
         },
         css: resolveCSSOptions(nuxt),
         build: {
           rollupOptions: {
-            output: { sanitizeFileName: sanitizeFilePath },
+            output: { sanitizeFileName: sanitizeFilePath }
-            input: resolve(nuxt.options.appDir, 'entry')
           },
           watch: {
             exclude: nuxt.options.ignore