Webpack2 boilerplate

A Webpack2 boilerplate, partly based on this Egghead.io course; Using Webpack for Production JavaScript Applications

Features

• Npm as a task/build runner
• Webpack2 with tree-shaking
• Node 6
• ES2015
• Linting with eslint and stylelint
• Unit tests with Mocha, Chai and JsDom
• Code coverage with Istanbul
• SASS boilerplate

Getting started

• Install Node6 (via nvm)
• Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/leifoolsen/webpack2-boilerplate.git (or download zip)
• CD to project directory: cd webpack2-boilerplate
• Remove existing git: rm -rf .git
• Install dependencies: npm install
• Run: npm start
• Open a browser at http://localhost:8084
• Press Ctrl+C to stop the devserver
• Init your git: git init
• Modify package.json, e.g. name, author, description
• Add your own 3'rd party dependencies to package.json
• Add those 3'rd party dependencies to vendor section in webpack.config
• Happy hacking :)

Note: Remember to add your own repo to package.json

  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/<your-git>/<your-project>.git"
  },

NPM Scripts

• start: runs the webpack-dev-sever, with eslint and stylelint, serving files at http://localhost:8084
• test: runs Mocha tests
• test:watch: runs Mocha tests in watch mode
• test:pattern: will run tests and suites with names matching the given pattern, e.g.
  pattern=Basic npm run test:pattern
• test:coverage: runs Istanbul code coverage (open coverage/lcov-report/index.html to view coverage report)
• lint: lint according to rules in .eslintrc and .stylelintrc
• validate: validates the integrety of the webpack config file and runs code coverage
• analyze: runs webpack-bundle-size-analyzer to analyze the output bundle sizes
• clean: removes the dist directory
• build:dev: bundles the app to the dist dir using development settings
• build:prod: bundles the app to the dist dir using production settings