Vite 8

[wiverson]

Just saw that Vite 8 is out - https://vite.dev/blog/announcing-vite8

Curious as to if there is any merit to testing it out with Solid 1.x, if it's something a future 1.x might pull in, if the recommendation is to wait for 2, or something else...?

Yes, I know it was only released today, just curious... :)

[manimovassagh]

Vite 8 should work fine with Solid 1.x — the breaking changes in Vite 8 are mostly around Node.js version requirements (now requires Node 20+) and some API changes in the plugin/server internals.

vite-plugin-solid doesn't rely on any of the deprecated Vite APIs that were removed in v8, so it should be a straightforward upgrade. The main thing to check:

1. Make sure you're on Node 20+ (which you likely already are)
2. Update both vite and vite-plugin-solid to their latest versions
3. If you use any other Vite plugins, check their compatibility

That said, if you're planning to move to Solid 2.x soon anyway, it might make sense to do both upgrades together since SolidStart and the 2.x toolchain will target Vite 8 natively. But there's no technical reason to wait — Vite 8 + Solid 1.x is a perfectly valid combination.

[wiverson]

Cool, I'll give it a shot and see if I see anything interesting appears one way or the other (anywhere from hurray it's fast to oh no it broke).

Any thoughts on how long until 2.x comes out? Days/weeks/months...?