Decrease module(s) size

[yamsellem]

I didn't know where to post this (which is part of the point I'm trying to make here), so I just posted it in what I think is the most important Ampersand module.

Using webpack or browserify is useful (and temporary) but it have one major drawback: bundle size.
Thus, Ampersand documentation does not even give numbers about the size of each ampersand module (thing we are accustomed to with js libraries).

Backbone weights 7.6kb, packed and gzipped.
Using ampersand-model and ampersand-view with browserify (which made smaller bundle, it seems) give 100kb, packed and gzipped.

10 times the size for a modular approach is a big price to pay (collection and router have to be added for a proper comparison). Can something be done about this?

[orenmizr]

the total bundle size sounds weird but it's been a awhile since i used ampersand for a project. only model + states = 100kb?
also,
backbone relies on

• underscore for functional programming and helpers
• jquery for dom manipulations

these also should be weighted.

[pgilad]

Can you make a sample repo with the relevant browserify/webpack config?

I would make a:

1. Empty basic html page
2. Basic js file with ampersand-state, ampersand-model, ampersand-view and ampersand-router as deps

Lets try to analyze the dependency graph using any bundle modules analyzer and see what impacts the weight the most