Production Build

Detailed Explanation

A Production Build is the optimized, compiled version of your app that gets served to real users. You create it by running npm run build, which generates a folder of optimized files.

The build process does several things:

• Compiles TypeScript to JavaScript (if applicable)
• Minifies code (removes whitespace, shortens variable names)
• Bundles files together (fewer network requests)
• Optimizes images and assets
• Removes development-only code (like console.logs and debugging tools)

The result is a build/ or dist/ folder containing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files that are much smaller and faster than your development code.

In development, you use npm run dev which includes hot reloading and debugging features. In Production, the Server runs npm start which serves the built files. A Dockerfile typically includes a RUN npm run build step to create the production build inside the container.