Learning webpack 4

Discover how to optimize web development with webpack 4, the versatile module bundler. Learn how to set up, configure loaders, and use plugins.

Introduction

• Bundle JavaScript modules with webpack 4
• What you should know

1. What Is webpack?

• What is webpack?
• What's new in webpack 4?
• Install webpack and webpack-cli
• Run webpack
• Run the build with webpack.config
• Using npm build scripts

2. webpack Loaders

• What is a loader?
• Set up babel-loader for a React or ES6 project
• Using @babel/preset-env
• Using @babel/preset-react

3. Load Assets

• Load CSS with webpack
• Load images with webpack
• Using the webpack-dev-server

4. Code Splitting with webpack

• What is code splitting?
• Add multiple entry points
• Optimize with SplitChunks
• Using the HtmlWebpackPlugin
• Prepare code for production

Conclusion

• Next steps