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Re:Lessons learned as a React contractor by tomduncalf on Friday January 06, 2017 @04:34AM (#13334985)
> The deepest pain point of JavaScript development is undoubtedly build configuration i.e. webpack and babel.

Really? Perhaps I've been doing this too long, but once you get your head round the basics I really don't think it's that bad

Re:Lessons learned as a React contractor by ccallebs on Friday January 06, 2017 @08:44AM (#13336125)
Is there a resource you can recommend to get your head around all the basics?
Re:Lessons learned as a React contractor by acemarke on Friday January 06, 2017 @11:31AM (#13337609)
The new Webpack docs are great ([0]). Also, my React/Redux links list ([1]) has a couple sections on Webpack tutorials ([2]) and Webpack advanced techniques ([3]) like Hot Module Reloading, file chunking, and build optimization.

[0] https://webpack.js.org/

[1] https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links

[2] https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links/blob/master...

[3] https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links/blob/master...