Webpack React

Tutorial: How to set up React, webpack 4, and Babel 7 (2018) React is mostly used for Single Page Applications.

Yet it’s possible to integrate the library into any website with webpack and Babel.

Getting Started

For help getting started with React, view online documentation.

1. Setup React

2. Clone the repo

$ https://github.com/asifvora/webpack-react.git
$ cd webpack-react/

3. Install dependency

$ npm install

4. Run the app

$ npm start

5. Production build

$ npm run build

webpack.config.js

const HtmlWebPackPlugin = require("html-webpack-plugin");
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
const OptimizeCSSAssetsPlugin = require("optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin");
const UglifyJsPlugin = require("uglifyjs-webpack-plugin");
const CleanWebpackPlugin = require('clean-webpack-plugin');
const WorkboxPlugin = require('workbox-webpack-plugin');
const htmlPlugin = new HtmlWebPackPlugin({ template: "./public/index.html", filename: "./index.html" });
const cssPlugin = new MiniCssExtractPlugin({ filename: '[name].css', chunkFilename: '[name].css' });
const cleanPlugin = new CleanWebpackPlugin(['dist']);
const generateSWPlugin = new WorkboxPlugin.GenerateSW({ clientsClaim: true, skipWaiting: true });
const uglifyPlugin = new UglifyJsPlugin({ cache: true, parallel: true, sourceMap: true });

module.exports = {
    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.js$/,
                exclude: /node_modules/,
                use: {
                    loader: "babel-loader"
                }
            },
            {
                test: /\.html$/,
                use: [
                    {
                        loader: "html-loader"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                test: /\.(sa|sc|c)ss$/, // /\.css$/,
                use: [
                    MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
                    'css-loader',
                    // 'postcss-loader',
                    // 'sass-loader',
                ],
            },
            {
                test: /\.(jpe?g|png|gif|svg)$/i,
                loader: 'file-loader?name=[name].[ext]'
            }
        ]
    },
    optimization: {
        minimizer: [uglifyPlugin, new OptimizeCSSAssetsPlugin({})]
    },
    plugins: [cleanPlugin, htmlPlugin, cssPlugin, generateSWPlugin],
    resolve: {
        extensions: ['.js', '.jsx', '.css'],
    }
};

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