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How does Turbopack achieve faster build and refresh times compared to older bundling tools? What should you do if a specific loader or plugin your project relies on is not yet fully supported by Turbopack? How would you measure and compare build performance before and after adopting Turbopack for a large existing Next.js project? What broader build performance optimizations, beyond just switching bundlers, can help speed up a large Next.js project's build times?
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What is Turbopack, and how does it improve the Next.js development experience?

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Turbopack is a fast bundler built specifically for JavaScript and TypeScript applications, designed to replace the older bundling tools used by Next.js, offering significantly faster startup times and quicker updates while you are actively developing, since it only rebuilds the specific parts of your code that actually changed.
# Start the development server using Turbopack
next dev --turbo
Real-world example A developer working on a large application notices their local development server starts up and reflects code changes noticeably faster after switching to Turbopack.

Common follow-ups: Is Turbopack used automatically or does it need to be enabled manually?;Does Turbopack work exactly the same way for production builds as for development?

Next.js Project Setup & Configuration;Bundle Analysis & Code Splitting
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