SurviveJS - Webpack
Last updated on 2020-09-29
About the Book
"SurviveJS - Webpack" has been built around a tutorial during which you develop a complex configuration while covering different facets of webpack. The 46 short chapters and seven appendices work as a reference you can use while developing your web applications. The book has been written with both webpack 4 and 5 in mind.
Even though the book has been designed around webpack, many of the techniques covered go beyond it. You will learn to improve the quality of your code while becoming aware of optimization techniques that help you to deliver more performant web applications.
The book was developed in collaboration with the webpack community, and its structure has evolved accordingly. A third of royalties go to Tobias Koppers, the author of the tool. The writer is a core developer of webpack so by purchasing this book you will support the effort in multiple ways.
The content has been split as below:
- Foreword by Tobias Koppers, the author of webpack
- Preface by Juho Vepsäläinen, the author of the book and a core developer of webpack
- What is Webpack? - Learn what makes webpack tick
- Developing - Set up a development environment on top of webpack
- Styling - Load and manage styles while learning about topics like autoprefixing and eliminating unused CSS
- Loading Assets - Load different asset types and process them
- Building - Write initial build with webpack and learn techniques like bundle and code splitting
- Optimizing - Learn to optimize the build results by minifying, tree shaking, and other techniques
- Output - Understand webpack's output formats, multiple page builds, and module federation
- Techniques - Learn specific techniques related to topics such as testing and consuming packages
- Extending - Extend webpack with loaders and plugins
- Conclusion - Recap core techniques
- Appendices - Learn how webpack compares with other tools, how to set up Hot Module Replacement, troubleshoot webpack
The Leanpub edition comes with a two page PDF cheatsheet that covers the main ideas of webpack in a compact format. It's also available in poster form (single A3, either portrait or landscape). You also get a ~20 page QA PDF where Tobias Koppers, the creator of the tool answers to tough questions.
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The Book
The book in pdf, epub, mobi. The source code is available at https://github.com/survivejs/webpack.
Includes:
Cheatsheet
Cheatsheet covering webpack's core ideas.
QA with Tobias Koppers, the creator of the tool
This brief document (30+) pages contains QA (questions/answers) with Tobias Koppers, the creator of the tool. Read it to gain more insight into webpack and where it's going.
Posters
Posters covering webpack's core ideas. Print in A3 for the best result.
English
PDF
EPUB
MOBI
WEB
One for a friend too
Get a copy for a friend as well. Includes two copies.
Includes:
Cheatsheet
Cheatsheet covering webpack's core ideas.
QA with Tobias Koppers, the creator of the tool
This brief document (30+) pages contains QA (questions/answers) with Tobias Koppers, the creator of the tool. Read it to gain more insight into webpack and where it's going.
Posters
Posters covering webpack's core ideas. Print in A3 for the best result.
English
PDF
EPUB
MOBI
WEB
One for the team
Get copies for your team mates. Or friends. I don't discriminate. Includes four copies.
Includes:
Cheatsheet
Cheatsheet covering webpack's core ideas.
QA with Tobias Koppers, the creator of the tool
This brief document (30+) pages contains QA (questions/answers) with Tobias Koppers, the creator of the tool. Read it to gain more insight into webpack and where it's going.
Posters
Posters covering webpack's core ideas. Print in A3 for the best result.
English
PDF
EPUB
MOBI
WEB
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Reader Testimonials
Gavin Doughtie (Senior Software Engineer, Google)
Before I worked through the SurviveJS Webpack book, my own Webpack config, cobbled together from random code on the Internet, was a mystery to me. Afterwards, I have route-splitting and parallel-loading superpowers.
Clément Paris (Front-End Engineer)
After weeks failing at configuring webpack, I stumbled upon SurviveJS book while looking for yet another tutorial. Since that day, it has been my go-to resource for every single webpack question I ever had.
Andrea Chiumenti (CEO, Red Software Systems)
Brilliant! A must have if you want to to learn Webpack but also if need an updated reference guide. I always use it as a reference guide when I develop.
Neeraj Singh (Founder of BigBinary)
Practical tips on Webpack
Webpack is powerful but configuring it can be painful. Same goes with React. There are so many ways of configuring React with asset compilation, minification etc that it is easy to get lost. This book provides practical tips on how to proceed.
Stefan Frede (Developer)
This book is an invaluable resource if you start working with Webpack!
Aaron Harris (Software Engineer)
This guide was a great starter in taming the Wild West of ESNext-era JavaScript development. It's beauty comes from its commitment to not skipping the fundamentals in favor of a fast demo, but making sure you're understanding what you're doing as you bootstrap your next JavaScript-based UI project.
Julien Castelain (Software Engineer, Liferay)
This guide is a great way to get started with webpack or improve your existing skills
After a detailed introduction, you'll start working on a webpack project that provides all you need to push your app to production. Highly recommended.
Table of Contents
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- Foreword
- Preface
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Introduction
- What is webpack
- How webpack changes the situation
- What will you learn
- How is the book organized
- Who is the book for
- What are the book conventions
- How is the book versioned
- How to get support
- Where to find additional material
- Acknowledgments
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What is Webpack
- Webpack relies on modules
- Webpack’s execution process
- Webpack is configuration driven
- Asset hashing
- Hot Module Replacement
- Code splitting
- Webpack 5
- Conclusion
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I Developing
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1. Getting Started
- 1.1 Setting up the project
- 1.2 Installing webpack
- 1.3 Running webpack
- 1.4 Setting up assets
- 1.5 Configuring mini-html-webpack-plugin
- 1.6 Examining the output
- 1.7 Adding a build shortcut
- 1.8 Webpack output plugins
- 1.9 Conclusion
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2. Development Server
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2.1 Webpack
watchmode - 2.2 webpack-dev-server
- 2.3 webpack-plugin-serve
- 2.4 Accessing development server from the network
- 2.5 Making it faster to develop webpack configuration
- 2.6 Polling instead of watching files
- 2.7 Integrating with servers using middlewares
- 2.8 Watching files outside of webpack’s module graph
- 2.9 Development plugins
- 2.10 Conclusion
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2.1 Webpack
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3. Composing Configuration
- 3.1 Possible ways to manage configuration
- 3.2 Composing configuration by merging
- 3.3 Setting up webpack-merge
- 3.4 Benefits of composing configuration
- 3.5 Configuration layouts
- 3.6 Conclusion
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1. Getting Started
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II Styling
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4. Loading Styles
- 4.1 Loading CSS
- 4.2 Setting up the initial CSS
- 4.3 Using CSS preprocessors
- 4.4 PostCSS
- 4.5 Understanding css-loader lookups
- 4.6 Enabling source maps
- 4.7 Converting CSS to strings
- 4.8 Using Bootstrap
- 4.9 Conclusion
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5. Separating CSS
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5.1 Setting up
MiniCssExtractPlugin - 5.2 Managing styles outside of JavaScript
- 5.3 Conclusion
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5.1 Setting up
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6. Eliminating Unused CSS
- 6.1 Setting up Tailwind
- 6.2 Using Tailwind classes
- 6.3 Enabling PurgeCSS
- 6.4 Conclusion
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7. Autoprefixing
- 7.1 Setting up autoprefixing
- 7.2 Defining a browserslist
- 7.3 Conclusion
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4. Loading Styles
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III Loading Assets
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8. Loader Definitions
- 8.1 Anatomy of a loader
- 8.2 Loader evaluation order
- 8.3 Passing parameters to a loader
- 8.4 Inline definitions
- 8.5 Alternate ways to match files
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8.6 Branching at
useusing a function -
8.7 Loading based on
issuer -
8.8 Loading with
infoobject -
8.9 Loading based on
resourceQuery - 8.10 Understanding loader behavior
- 8.11 Conclusion
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9. Loading Images
- 9.1 Setting up url-loader
- 9.2 Setting up file-loader
- 9.3 Integrating images to the project
- 9.4 Loading SVGs
- 9.5 Optimizing images
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9.6 Utilizing
srcset - 9.7 Loading images dynamically
- 9.8 Loading sprites
- 9.9 Using placeholders
- 9.10 Getting image dimensions
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9.11 Loading
srcsets - 9.12 Referencing to images
- 9.13 Images and css-loader source map gotcha
- 9.14 Conclusion
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10. Loading Fonts
- 10.1 Choosing format to support
- 10.2 Supporting multiple formats
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10.3 Manipulating file-loader output path and
publicPath - 10.4 Generating font files based on SVGs
- 10.5 Using Google Fonts
- 10.6 Using icon fonts
- 10.7 Eliminating unused characters
- 10.8 Conclusion
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11. Loading JavaScript
- 11.1 Using Babel with webpack configuration
- 11.2 Polyfilling features
- 11.3 Babel tips
- 11.4 Babel plugins
- 11.5 Enabling presets and plugins per environment
- 11.6 Generating differential builds
- 11.7 TypeScript
- 11.8 Flow
- 11.9 WebAssembly
- 11.10 Conclusion
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8. Loader Definitions
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IV Building
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12. Source Maps
- 12.1 Inline source maps and separate source maps
- 12.2 Enabling source maps
- 12.3 Source map types supported by webpack
- 12.4 Inline source map types
- 12.5 Separate source map types
- 12.6 Other source map options
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12.7
SourceMapDevToolPluginandEvalSourceMapDevToolPlugin - 12.8 Changing source map prefix
- 12.9 Using dependency source maps
- 12.10 Source maps for styling
- 12.11 Source maps on backend
- 12.12 Ignoring source map related warnings
- 12.13 Conclusion
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13. Code Splitting
- 13.1 Code splitting formats
- 13.2 Controlling code splitting on runtime
- 13.3 Code splitting in React
- 13.4 Disabling code splitting
- 13.5 Machine learning driven prefetching
- 13.6 Conclusion
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14. Bundle Splitting
- 14.1 The idea of bundle splitting
- 14.2 Adding something to split
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14.3 Setting up a
vendorbundle - 14.4 Controlling bundle splitting
- 14.5 Splitting and merging chunks
- 14.6 Chunk types in webpack
- 14.7 Bundle splitting at entry configuration
- 14.8 Conclusion
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15. Tidying Up
- 15.1 Cleaning the build directory
- 15.2 Attaching a revision to the build
- 15.3 Copying files
- 15.4 Conclusion
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12. Source Maps
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V Optimizing
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16. Minifying
- 16.1 Minifying JavaScript
- 16.2 Minifying JavaScript with Closure Compiler
- 16.3 Speeding up JavaScript execution
- 16.4 Minifying HTML
- 16.5 Minifying CSS
- 16.6 Compressing bundles
- 16.7 Obfuscating output
- 16.8 Conclusion
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17. Tree Shaking
- 17.1 Demonstrating tree shaking
- 17.2 Tree shaking on package level
- 17.3 Tree shaking with external packages
- 17.4 Conclusion
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18. Environment Variables
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18.1 The basic idea of
DefinePlugin -
18.2 Setting
process.env.NODE_ENV - 18.3 Replacing free variables through Babel
- 18.4 Choosing which module to use
- 18.5 Conclusion
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18.1 The basic idea of
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19. Adding Hashes to Filenames
- 19.1 Placeholders
- 19.2 Setting up hashing
- 19.3 Conclusion
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20. Separating a Runtime
- 20.1 Extracting a runtime
- 20.2 Using records
- 20.3 Integrating with asset pipelines
- 20.4 Conclusion
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21. Build Analysis
- 21.1 Configuring webpack
- 21.2 Enabling a performance budget
- 21.3 Dependency analysis
- 21.4 Composition analysis
- 21.5 Online services
- 21.6 Bundle comparison
- 21.7 Unused files analysis
- 21.8 Duplication analysis
- 21.9 Understanding why a module was bundled
- 21.10 Conclusion
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22. Performance
- 22.1 Measuring impact
- 22.2 High-level optimizations
- 22.3 Low-level optimizations
- 22.4 Optimizing rebundling speed during development
- 22.5 Webpack 4 performance tricks
- 22.6 Conclusion
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16. Minifying
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VI Output
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23. Build Targets
- 23.1 Web targets
- 23.2 Node targets
- 23.3 Desktop targets
- 23.4 Targeted builds
- 23.5 Conclusion
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24. Multiple Pages
- 24.1 Possible approaches
- 24.2 Generating multiple pages
- 24.3 Generating multiple pages while sharing code
- 24.4 Progressive web applications
- 24.5 Conclusion
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25. Server-Side Rendering
- 25.1 Setting up Babel with React
- 25.2 Setting up a React demo
- 25.3 Configuring webpack
- 25.4 Setting up a server
- 25.5 Watching SSR changes and refreshing the browser
- 25.6 Open questions
- 25.7 Prerendering
- 25.8 Conclusion
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26. Module Federation
- 26.1 Module federation example
- 26.2 Adding webpack configuration
- 26.3 Implementing the application with React
- 26.4 Separating bootstrap
- 26.5 Separating header
- 26.6 Pros and cons
- 26.7 Learn more
- 26.8 Conclusion
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23. Build Targets
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VII Techniques
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27. Dynamic Loading
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27.1 Dynamic loading with
require.context -
27.2 Dynamic paths with a dynamic
import -
27.3 Combining multiple
require.contexts - 27.4 Dealing with dynamic paths
- 27.5 Conclusion
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27.1 Dynamic loading with
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28. Web Workers
- 28.1 Setting up worker-loader
- 28.2 Setting up a worker
- 28.3 Setting up a host
- 28.4 Sharing data between the host and the worker
- 28.5 Other options
- 28.6 Conclusion
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29. Internationalization
- 29.1 i18n with webpack
- 29.2 Setting up the project
- 29.3 Setting up embed-i18n-webpack-plugin
- 29.4 Conclusion
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30. Testing
- 30.1 Mocha
- 30.2 Jest
- 30.3 AVA
- 30.4 Removing files from tests
- 30.5 Mocking
- 30.6 Conclusion
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31. Deploying Applications
- 31.1 Deploying with gh-pages
- 31.2 Deploying to other environments
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31.3 Resolving
output.publicPathdynamically - 31.4 Conclusion
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32. Consuming Packages
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32.1
resolve.alias -
32.2
resolve.extensions -
32.3
resolve.modules -
32.4
resolve.plugins - 32.5 Consuming packages outside of webpack
- 32.6 Dealing with globals
- 32.7 Removing unused modules
- 32.8 Managing pre-built dependencies
- 32.9 Managing symbolic links
- 32.10 Getting insights on packages
- 32.11 Conclusion
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32.1
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27. Dynamic Loading
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VIII Extending
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33. Extending with Loaders
- 33.1 Debugging loaders with loader-runner
- 33.2 Implementing an asynchronous loader
- 33.3 Returning only output
- 33.4 Writing files
- 33.5 Passing options to loaders
- 33.6 Connecting custom loaders with webpack
- 33.7 Pitch loaders
- 33.8 Caching with loaders
- 33.9 Conclusion
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34. Extending with Plugins
- 34.1 The basic flow of webpack plugins
- 34.2 Setting up a development environment
- 34.3 Implementing a basic plugin
- 34.4 Capturing options
- 34.5 Understanding compiler and compilation
- 34.6 Writing files through compilation
- 34.7 Managing warnings and errors
- 34.8 Plugins can have plugins
- 34.9 Plugins can run compilers of their own
- 34.10 Conclusion
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33. Extending with Loaders
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Conclusion
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- General checklist
- Development checklist
- Production checklist
- Conclusion
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Appendices
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Comparison of Build Tools
- Task runners
- Script loaders
- Bundlers
- Zero configuration bundlers
- Other Options
- Conclusion
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Hot Module Replacement
- Enabling HMR
- Implementing the HMR interface
- Setting WDS entry points manually
- HMR and dynamic loading
- Conclusion
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CSS Modules
- CSS Modules through css-loader
- Using CSS Modules with third-party libraries and CSS
- Conclusion
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Searching with React
- Implementing search with code splitting
- Conclusion
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Troubleshooting
- ERROR in Entry module not found
- ERROR … Module not found
- Module parse failed
- Loader Not Found
- Module build failed: Unknown word
- SyntaxError: Unexpected token
- DeprecationWarning
- Conclusion
- Glossary
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Comparison of Build Tools
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