Replaced express.static with expressStaticGzip

[je4ngomes]

I needed to control my compressed files and the order in which they are served to the client. In this commit, I've replaced express.static with expressStaticGzip, which provides more options for customization and control over which compressed files to serve. Here is a functional example:

ViteExpress.static({
	enableBrotli: true,
	orderPreference: ['zstd', 'br', 'gz'],
	customCompressions: [{ encodingName: 'zstd', fileExtension: 'zst' }],
	index: false,
});

I'm using a temporary version I uploaded to npm (@je4ngomes/vite-express) to test this. In case this gets accepted it would be necessary to update the README.md file.

I appreciate you maintaining this package :)

[szymmis]

Hi @je4ngomes, thanks a lot for your contribution!

Replacing current implementation with another seems a little bit use-case specific to me, but I guess that expressStaticGzip is a wrapper on top of serve-static and has the same set of functionalities plus some more right? Because I don't want to replace it with something that has a little bit different use-cases.

[je4ngomes]

Hi @szymmis, you’re correct, expressStaticGzip is a wrapper around serve-static and retains all of its core functionality. I would say the key benefits of expressStaticGzip are the added flexibility in handling compressed files and control over the order of preferred compression formats.

[je4ngomes]

Hi @szymmis, you’re correct, expressStaticGzip is a wrapper around serve-static and retains all of its core functionality. I would say the key benefits of expressStaticGzip are the added flexibility in handling compressed files and control over the order of preferred compression formats.

But to avoid replacing anything, an option in the future could be to expose a way for us to specify our own method of serving static files.

[szymmis]

Thank you for the answer. I can see that the tests are passing, so I don't think there is nothing preventing us from releasing that change. I'll let you know as soon as the new version is available.

Thanks a lot for your contribution!

[szymmis]

@je4ngomes, your changes are live on NPM in v0.19.0! 🚀
Once again, big thanks for spending your time and implementing this change!