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

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

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

A loader is a node module exporting a function. This function is called

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

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

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

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.

Prerequirement: Code Splitting If you need multiple bundles

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