Select2 is not willing to work with Laravel 9 and Vite? Am I missing something?
Stefan Bogdanescu
Founder & Senior Architect · 2026-06-29
# Select2 is not willing to work with Laravel 9 and Vite? Am I missing something? A Deep Dive into JavaScript Dependency Loading
As a senior developer working within the modern Laravel ecosystem, we often find ourselves navigating the intersection of powerful frameworks (like Laravel) and established, sometimes older, front-end libraries (like jQuery). When integrating these tools into a modern build system like Vite, unexpected conflicts frequently arise.
The scenario you’ve described—where basic jQuery functions work fine, but a specific library like Select2 throws an error like `Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined`—is a classic symptom of timing issues and scope management in complex JavaScript environments. It often