Webpack Packaging: Step-by-Step Guide
The steps for Webpack packaging are as follows:
- Configure webpack.config.js file: Create a webpack.config.js file in the project root directory to set up webpack’s entry file, output file, loaders, plugins, and other information.
- To install webpack and its related plugins, run npm install webpack webpack-cli –save-dev in the project root directory. Additionally, install other plugins as needed such as babel-loader, css-loader, style-loader, etc.
- Write code: Create JavaScript, CSS, image files according to project requirements.
- Run webpack to bundle: run webpack in the command line or webpack –config webpack.config.js to bundle, webpack will perform the bundling operation according to the configuration file.
- Output bundled files: webpack will output the bundled files to the specified output path in the configuration file.
- Deploy the packaged file: Deploying the packaged file to the server so that it can be accessed and used.