An Intro into webpack

An Intro into
webpack
Mohanapriya.R
Software Engineer,
Squash Apps.
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● What is webpack?
● Understanding the Core concepts
● Configure webpack
● Working Examples
● Why is webpack necessary?
OUTLINE
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What is webpack?
● A Module Bundler.
● A Task Runner.
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Understanding Core Concepts
● Entry
● Output
● Loaders
● Plugin
● Mode
4

Entry Point
● Defines a module for webpack to
begin with.
● Generates Dependency graph.
● Figure out Entry point’s dependencies.
● By default, ./src/index.js
module.exports = {
entry: './path/to/my/entry/file.js'
};
webpack.config.js
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Output
webpack.config.js
● Defines where to emit the created bundles.
const path = require('path');
module.exports = {
entry: './path/to/my/entry/file.js',
output: {
path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
filename: 'my-first-webpack.bundle.js'
}
};
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Loaders
● Webpack Understands JS & JSON files.
● Loaders allow webpack to process other
files.
● Two props:
○ Test - Identifies file to be transformed.
○ Use - Indicates loaders to be used.
const path = require('path');
module.exports = {
output: {
filename: 'my-first-webpack.bundle.js'
},
module: {
rules: [{
test: /.txt$/,
use: 'raw-loader'
}]
}
};
webpack.config.js
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Plugin
● Bundle optimization
● Asset Management
● Injection of env variables.
● Customizable through options.
○ require() a plugin to use it.
○ Create an instance of the plugin with
new operator
const HtmlWebpackPlugin =
require('html-webpack-plugin');
//installed via npm
const webpack = require('webpack');
//to access built-in plugins
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{ test: /.txt$/, use: 'raw-loader' }
]
},
plugins: [
new HtmlWebpackPlugin({template:
'./src/index.html'})
]
};
webpack.config.js
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Mode
● Development
● Production
● None
● By default, mode: production.
module.exports = {
mode: 'production'
};
webpack.config.js
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Configure Webpack
● webpack.config.js
● Webpack is configuration driven & Highly configurable.
● Install node.js & verify npm is working.
● mkdir <dirname> && cd <dirname>
● npm init -y
● npm i -D webpack webpack-cli
● code .
● Add build in package.json
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● Bundling JS
● Bundling HTML
● Bundling Images
● Bundling Scss
Working Examples
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● Create src folder
● Add js files under src
Bundling JS
npm run build
● Generates Dist
folder
● Generates main.js
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● Create index.html
● Add script file to src
Bundling HTML
http-server -o Syntax error
Because, Webpack
has ZERO
configurations..!
● Configure Webpack
● Create webpack.config.js
● npm i -D html-webpack-plugin
html-loader
● Initialize the loader in webpack
config file.
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const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require("html-
webpack-plugin");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [{
test: /.html$/,
use: [{
loader: "html-loader",
options: { minimize: true}
}]
},]
},
plugins: [
new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
template: "./src/index.html",
filename: "./index.html"
}),
]}
Bundling HTML contd...
npm run build Generates index.html
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● Install webpack server
○ npm i -D webpack-dev-server
● Add scripts to package.json
○ “start:dev” : “webpack-dev-server”
● npm run start:dev
Install Webpack server
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● Create folder => images.
● Add image in to the folder.
● Insert image in img tag of
index.html
Bundling Images
npm run build Nothing happens!
● npm i -D file-loader
● webpack.config.js
{
test: /.(png|svg|jpg|gif)$/,
use: [ 'file-loader' ]
}
npm run build Creates images in dist
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● npm i -D node-sass style-loader css-loader
sass-loader mini-css-extract-plugin
● Create folder => styles
● Include main.scss file.
● Import the file.
● In webpack.config.js
{
test: /.scss$/,
use: [
'style-loader',
'css-loader',
'sass-loader'
]
}
Bundling SCSS
npm run build
Scss variables found in js
under dist folder.
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Why is webpack necessary?
● Cares about Performance & Load time
● Provides best possible experience
● Improved readability & maintainability of the project.
● Provides features like,
○ Hot Module Replacement
○ Lazy Loading
○ Bundle splitting
○ Hashing
○ Source maps
● Integral part of JS Ecosystem.
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