gajus / gajus/write-file-webpack-plugin
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I don't get it how it's supposed to work.
I'v added write-file-webpack-plugin to my `webpack.config.js`:
`var WriteFilePlugin = require('write-file-webpack-plugin');`
and included it in plugins:
```
plugins: [
new WriteFilePlugin({force: true}),
new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
],
```
Also, I've set devServer's outputPath to be the same as output.path as you recommended:
```
config.devServer = {
host: 'localhost',
//hot: true, // adding back will break webpack-dev-server!
//port: 8080,
port: 8080,
inline: true,
stats: '_errors-only',
contentBase: './',
outputPath: './app/dist/js/' // needed?
};
config.output = {
path: './app/dist/js/' // needed?
};
```
For the sake of test, I've deleted my previously generated bundle.js and run webpack-dev-server. Output:
```
C:\sites\YDR\branches\refactoring\development>webpack-dev-server
[11:27:38] [write-file-webpack-plugin] options { exitOnErrors: true,
force: true,
log: true,
test: null,
useHashIndex: true }
http://localhost:8080/
webpack result is served from /
content is served from ./
(... typical dev-server output ...)
```
But no bundle.js is created anywhere.
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