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

Prerequirement: Code Splitting If you need multiple bundles

To effectively cache your files, they should have a hash or version in their URL. You can emit or move the output files manually in a folder called v1

Feature webpack/webpack jrburke/requirejs substack/node-browserify

Note that Hot Module Replacement (HMR) is still an experimental feature. Introduction Hot Module

In some cases webpack cannot parse some file, because it has a unsupported module format or isn?t even in a module format. Therefore you have many options to convert the file