Webpack watch mode is how I use it. On top of that you can run webpack outside of the IDE, just like you do with sublime text. My setup is i7 with 16 GB, and on

Webpack watch mode is how I use it. On top of that you can run webpack outside of the IDE, just like you do with sublime text. My setup is i7 with 16 GB, and only electron app ( webpack + react ) will make my setup really slow. Anything else usually is swallowed by webstorm