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Let us dispel the notion that webpack is 'complex'. webpack works extremely hard to make its documentation [1] and overall tool easy to read and use. The commu
by weka 10y ago
Let us dispel the notion that webpack is 'complex'. webpack works extremely hard to make its documentation [1] and overall tool easy to read and use.
The community is ever-growing and it has one of the most helpful and enthusiastic maintainers I've ever seen a JavaScript OSS project have. Ever. (Look at you Larkin!)
From egghead.io to online documentation, you will see that while webpack has a lot to it, it is easy to understand in chunks and each part of webpack serves a purpose to better optimize and structure your workflow.
[1] https://webpack.github.io/docs/tutorials/getting-started/ https://webpack.github.io/docs/tutorials/getting-started/
- pdxandi 10y agoWebpack is complex in the same way that all build systems are complex – they take time to understand and configure. In the context of this thread, where a systems developer is feeling overwhelmed by front-end development options, Webpack is certainly an added complexity regardless of how well it's documented (which, I agree, have significantly improved). I understand where you're coming from (Webpack initially got a bad reputation as being complex and folks are working hard to improve it) but my note about complexity was relative to simply dropping a script in the page to get Vue.js up and running. To all the Webpack maintainers, and to all contributors of open-source projects, I can't thank you enough for your efforts. You open doors and expand the minds of developers like me and I'm forever indebted to you.
- acemarke 10y agoQuick FYI: that link is the old-old Webpack 1.x docs. The current Webpack docs, which have been completely re-written and are _vastly_ better, are at https://webpack.js.org/ https://webpack.js.org/ .