Currently, I am in the process of learning Vue.js + webpack and have started a project by following these steps:
f:www\> npm install -g vue-cli
f:www\> vue init webpack-simple my-project
f:www\> cd my-project
f:www\> npm install
f:www\> npm run dev
The default page is accessible at http://localhost:8080/.
In the webpack.config.js file, I have included the following lines:
entry: './src/index.js',
output: {
path: path.resolve(__dirname, './dist'),
publicPath: '/dist/',
filename: 'main.js'
},
and in the index.html, we see the script tag:
<script src="/dist/main.js"></script>Initially, I assumed that Webpack functions similar to Gulp by compiling source files and placing them in the /dist/ folder.
However, it seems that Webpack does not actually create the /dist/ folder.
- How is it possible for the Vue logo to load from
when the /dist/ folder is non-existent?<img src="/dist/logo.png?82b9c7a5a3f405032b1db71a25f67021"> - Why isn't main.js being generated?
webpack.config.js (abridged version)
var path = require('path');
var webpack = require('webpack');
module.exports = {
entry: './src/index.js',
output: {
path: path.resolve(__dirname, './dist'),
publicPath: '/dist/',
filename: 'main.js'
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/,
use: [
'vue-style-loader',
'css-loader'
],
},
{
test: /\.js$/,
loader: 'babel-loader',
exclude: /node_modules/
},
{
test: /\.(png|jpg|gif|svg)$/,
loader: 'file-loader',
options: {
name: '[name].[ext]?[hash]'
}
}
]
},
resolve: {
alias: {
'vue$': 'vue/dist/vue.esm.js'
},
extensions: ['*', '.js', '.vue', '.json']
},
devServer: {
historyApiFallback: true,
noInfo: true,
overlay: true
},
performance: {
hints: false
},
devtool: '#eval-source-map'
};
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
module.exports.devtool = '#source-map';
// http://vue-loader.vuejs.org/en/workflow/production.html
module.exports.plugins = (module.exports.plugins || []).concat([
new webpack.DefinePlugin({
'process.env': {
NODE_ENV: '"production"'
}
}),
new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
sourceMap: true,
compress: {
warnings: false
}
}),
new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
minimize: true
})
])
}