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Smart defaults, allow configurations. That's the key. I learned how to use Webpack but still think it sucks and it's incredibly complicated for what it does fo

Smart defaults, allow configurations. That's the key. I learned how to use Webpack but still think it sucks and it's incredibly complicated for what it does for 90% of use cases. Smart defaults. -Then- let me configure if I need to.

mtrpcic 10y ago
I solved this by keeping my Webpack build process in it's own repository, with a JSON file that dictates entry and exit points for builds. When doing a new frontend project, I use git submodules to import my build pipeline and just change a few variables and I'm set.
- matallo 10y ago
  This sounds a lot like Grunt.
thelarkinn 10y ago
Totally understand, now that webpack 2 is almost out the door, this is one of our top 5 overhauls we want to make. "Can we make smarter defaults" We support a lot of build targets and are agnostic to library and stack so it's going to be a challenge but with your help and the community I know we can get it done.
- bpicolo 10y ago
  An alternative is a command line tool that could combine bits: webpack-make --scss --hot-middleware --blah or something, potentially?
  - thelarkinn 10y ago
    Do I have a github issue for you!!!! This is a feature tons of people ask for all the time so this week I officially marked it as RFC. https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/3466 https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/3466 Since the core team needs to focus on implementing more opt features like rollup and better top level minification, we left this for a chunk of our contribute team to help design and come up with. Help always wanted!!!
    - bpicolo 10y ago
      Hah, nice. Sounds like you guys are pretty on top of things :) Afraid I'm not nearly caught up on webpack best practices to take a good whack at it, hah
- ch4s3 10y ago
  I love how you turn up immediately whenever someone mentions webpack!
  - thelarkinn 10y ago
    Well, as one of the maintainers besides working on core, and loaders/plugins, my role is to rep the voice of all of you to the core team, and also the other way around. Just here to help :)
    - ch4s3 10y ago
      You're doing a great job! Keep it up!
emmelaich 10y ago
> Smart defaults, allow configurations but also please have those discoverable. I've come to hate the word default because people have a different idea of what it means. Is it a site default, an app default, per-instance default ...? Which one applies? Apps should document at runtime what the values are and where they come from.

mtrpcic 10y ago

I solved this by keeping my Webpack build process in it's own repository, with a JSON file that dictates entry and exit points for builds. When doing a new frontend project, I use git submodules to import my build pipeline and just change a few variables and I'm set.

matallo 10y ago
This sounds a lot like Grunt.

thelarkinn 10y ago

Totally understand, now that webpack 2 is almost out the door, this is one of our top 5 overhauls we want to make. "Can we make smarter defaults" We support a lot of build targets and are agnostic to library and stack so it's going to be a challenge but with your help and the community I know we can get it done.

bpicolo 10y ago
An alternative is a command line tool that could combine bits: webpack-make --scss --hot-middleware --blah or something, potentially?
- thelarkinn 10y ago
  Do I have a github issue for you!!!! This is a feature tons of people ask for all the time so this week I officially marked it as RFC. https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/3466 https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/3466 Since the core team needs to focus on implementing more opt features like rollup and better top level minification, we left this for a chunk of our contribute team to help design and come up with. Help always wanted!!!
  - bpicolo 10y ago
    Hah, nice. Sounds like you guys are pretty on top of things :) Afraid I'm not nearly caught up on webpack best practices to take a good whack at it, hah
ch4s3 10y ago
I love how you turn up immediately whenever someone mentions webpack!
- thelarkinn 10y ago
  Well, as one of the maintainers besides working on core, and loaders/plugins, my role is to rep the voice of all of you to the core team, and also the other way around. Just here to help :)
  - ch4s3 10y ago
    You're doing a great job! Keep it up!

emmelaich 10y ago

> Smart defaults, allow configurations but also please have those discoverable. I've come to hate the word default because people have a different idea of what it means. Is it a site default, an app default, per-instance default ...? Which one applies? Apps should document at runtime what the values are and where they come from.