#Browsersync - Webpack + TypeScript

Installation/Usage:

To try this example, follow these 4 simple steps.

Step 1: Clone this entire repo

$ git clone https://github.com/Browsersync/recipes.git bs-recipes

Step 2: Move into the directory containing this example

$ cd bs-recipes/recipes/webpack.typescript

Step 3: Install dependencies

$ npm install

Step 4: Run the example

$ npm start

Additional Info:

See src/main.ts

Preview of app.js:

/**
 * Require Browsersync along with webpack and middleware for it
 */
var browserSync          = require('browser-sync').create();
var webpack              = require('webpack');
var webpackDevMiddleware = require('webpack-dev-middleware');
var stripAnsi            = require('strip-ansi');

/**
 * Require ./webpack.config.js and make a bundler from it
 */
var webpackConfig = require('./webpack.config');
var bundler       = webpack(webpackConfig);

/**
 * Reload all devices when bundle is complete
 * or send a fullscreen error message to the browser instead
 */
bundler.plugin('done', function (stats) {
    if (stats.hasErrors() || stats.hasWarnings()) {
        return browserSync.sockets.emit('fullscreen:message', {
            title: "Webpack Error:",
            body:  stripAnsi(stats.toString()),
            timeout: 100000
        });
    }
    browserSync.reload();
});

/**
 * Run Browsersync and use middleware for Hot Module Replacement
 */
browserSync.init({
    server: 'app',
    open: false,
    logFileChanges: false,
    middleware: [
        webpackDevMiddleware(bundler, {
            publicPath: webpackConfig.output.publicPath,
            stats: {colors: true}
        })
    ],
    plugins: ['bs-fullscreen-message'],
    files: [
        'app/css/*.css',
        'app/*.html'
    ]
});