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Expand Up @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ I: Large dependencies (fairly obvious, because the box size will be large)

II: Duplicate dependencies (same library that is bundled multiple times across different assets)

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III: Dependencies that look like they don’t belong (e.g. Why is ‘elliptic’ in my frontend bundle?)

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* E.g. Small node dependencies

### Step B: Investigate the Usage of Your Dependencies (Where are my Dependencies Used?)
In this step, we are trying to answer this question: “Given a dependency, which files and features are making use of it?”.

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<img src="/img/grabfood-bundle/image10.png" alt="Our grabfood.com bundle analyzer output" style="width:90%"> <a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/architecture-building-geometric-1868547/"><figcaption align="middle"><i>Image source</i></figcaption></a>
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In this step, we are trying to answer this question: “Given a dependency, which files and features are making use of it?”.

There are two broad approaches that can be used to identify how our dependencies are used:

I: Top-down approach: “Where does our project use dependency X?”
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* Stick to a single approach - Know when to switch between Top-down and Bottom-up approaches to narrow down the search space.

### Step C: Reducing Your Dependencies
Now that you know what your largest dependencies are and where they are used, the next step is figuring out how you can shrink your dependencies.

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<img src="/img/grabfood-bundle/image15.gif" alt="Our grabfood.com bundle analyzer output" style="width:90%"> <a href="https://i.imgur.com/w8Ydzvb.gif"><figcaption align="middle"><i>Image source</i></figcaption></a>
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Now that you know what your largest dependencies are and where they are used, the next step is figuring out how you can shrink your dependencies.

Here are 7 strategies that you can use to reduce your dependencies:

1. [Lazy load large dependencies and less-used dependencies](#1-lazy-load-large-dependencies-and-less-used-dependencies)
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