Disclaimer: this is not a webpack tutorial; there are plenty of those out there.
Without a doubt, using webpack and understanding what it does h...
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I think a lot of people fear webpack because of opinions from versions <3. Now, with version 4+ there is literally even zero config.
Slap your js into
src/index.js, do your thing, runnpx webpack-cliand it will spit out results todist/main.js(afair).This is the most basic webpack usage. No babel, no loaders, no preprocessors, just resolving, bundling, and with optimizations if used with
--mode=production.I must say, i jumped on the webpack wagon pretty early (somewhere in 1.x), learning curve was steep, i still sometimes feel its magic (especially when it comes to cacheGroups thingy ;)), but this is hands down, the best thing i learned for frontend development (im performance oriented).
Hey Pawel, I actually started my Webpack experience with version 4 and was still afraid ;)
The learning curve wasn't too steep though.
And yes, the boost to my frontend knowledge thanks to Webpack was amazing!
Yesterday I found cool video playlist about basics of Webpack - youtu.be/3On5Z0gjf4U
Great post man. I have put off learning Webpack for quite some time now. Time to take a deep dive.
Cheers
Thanks man! I get you, it's definitely worth the while
Thanks man! Yes, I actually used Parcel for a while, but webpack did its educational part