Build performance
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Incremental builds Make sure you don?t do a full rebuild. webpack has a great caching layer that allows to keep already compiled modules in

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webpack for browserify users
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Usage Like browserify, webpack analyzes all the node-style require() calls in your app and builds a bundle that you can serve

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Testing
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There are two ways to test web applications: In-browsers: You get a more realistic test, but you need some more complex infrastructure

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How to write a loader
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A loader is a node module exporting a function. This function is called

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Stylesheets
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embedded stylesheets Through using the style-loader and the css-loader it?s possible to embed stylesheets into a

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Code Splitting
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For big web apps it?s not efficient to put all code into a single file, especially if some blocks of code are only required under some circumstances. Webpack has a feature

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AMD
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AMD (Asynchronous Module Definition) was the response to those who thought the CommonJS Module system was not ready for the browser because its nature was synchronous.

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Library and externals
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You developed a library and want to distribute it in compiled/bundled versions (in addition to the modularized version). You want to allow the user to use it in a &l

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How to write a plugin
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Plugins expose the full potential of the Webpack engine to third-party developers. Using staged build callbacks, developers can introduce their own behaviors into the Webpack

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CommonJs
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The CommonJS group defined a module format to solve JavaScript scope issues by making sure each module is executed in its own namespace. This

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