Re:Webpack 3: Official Release
by manigandham on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @11:58AM
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What exactly do you think the problem is? Especially since you dont have to do anything.
The webpack config is a few lines at minimum, and yes you can type it by hand in a few mins. It's just a bundler which is completely separate from the actual libraries you use.
It takes in a entry file, walks dependencies, gathers the modules together, and outputs a single bundle at the end. It works with JS by default but can handle other file types with loaders. That's it, just a big pipeline of stuff. Use plugins like babili and you can have streamlined source files that are transpiled and minified in a single step with the latest browser compatibility tables.
It's not required yet takes less than an afternoon to learn. Backend development and build steps get very complicated so why is frontend work not allowed to have complexity given the rise of sophisticated webapps today?
The webpack config is a few lines at minimum, and yes you can type it by hand in a few mins. It's just a bundler which is completely separate from the actual libraries you use.
It takes in a entry file, walks dependencies, gathers the modules together, and outputs a single bundle at the end. It works with JS by default but can handle other file types with loaders. That's it, just a big pipeline of stuff. Use plugins like babili and you can have streamlined source files that are transpiled and minified in a single step with the latest browser compatibility tables.
It's not required yet takes less than an afternoon to learn. Backend development and build steps get very complicated so why is frontend work not allowed to have complexity given the rise of sophisticated webapps today?