create-vite TypeScript templates' tsconfig "module" option

[aweebit]

Is there a reason why the create-vite TypeScript templates still use "module": "ESNext" now that "module": "Preserve" is available?

For reference, the option was added in TypeScript 5.4 almost a year ago. The release notes are available here.

[hi-ogawa]

Do you think switching to "module": "Preserve" would benefit Vite users? From the rational explained here microsoft/TypeScript#56785, it looks like this is to allow require in user code, but Vite doesn't support require, so typescript showing a type error seems appropriate 🤔

[aweebit]

Please have a look at https://stackblitz.com/edit/vite-import-require. Vite seems to process import path = require('node:path') perfectly fine.

[hi-ogawa]

Right, it might be fine for SSR build, but that won't probably work for SSR dev and client. Also create-vite template in this repo is only for SPA, so there's no SSR.