When comparing Parcel vs Angular, the Slant community recommends Parcel for most people. In the question“What are the best frontend JavaScript module bundlers?” Parcel is ranked 2nd while Angular is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Parcel is:
Run parcel watch on javascript file. It will auto download dependencies when you import modules.
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Pros
Pro Auto-fetch dependencies
Run parcel watch on javascript file. It will auto download dependencies when you import modules.
Pro Works nice with Vue.js
Just set "lang" parameter and parcel will install required dependencies like pug or node-sass. You don't even need to restart the process.
Pro Great tooling and language support
Very good CLI and webpack, bundling, testing, deployment support. Deep TypeScript integration and support.
Cons
Con Running yarn under the hood fails on Windows from time to time
Con Slightly over-engineered
Very enterprisey - made for huge architectures and with tons of declarative, non-intuitive annotations it makes it overkill for very small projects.
Con Native i18n support over-engineered
Not developer-friendly. Switching languages need reloading the whole page. There are third party solutions that work better.