Consider Adopting Parcel about theme-scaffold HOT 5 OPEN

@nicholasio we've used it to build with blocks before 👍

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I have tested Parcel 6 months ago, and oh boy it's fast. However when I tested it, I wasn't able to do all the tasks it needs to do. I can't remember all the details what kind of assets did I have troubles.

At minimum it should have same functionality as current webpack setup. Support for

• JS
• CSS
• PostCSS
• Any assets like fonts, images, SVGs
• Gutenberg

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I like Parcel, but wondering if this wouldn't make it harder for projects that need to write custom Gutenberg blocks. @cjkoepke have you experimented using parcel to write Gutenberg blocks?

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@nicholasio Worth exploring, I'm not sure. Could be a problem but thanks for flagging.

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The main hurdle, as far as I can tell, is going to be images. They are not currently a supported asset type from Parcel, so we would need to create a plugin (or find one that is reliable) that handles those assets correctly.

The overhaul might not be worth the effort, but I think everything is doable here.

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