webpack / webpack/webpack-dev-server
improve our overlay
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Description
- This is a bug
- This is a modification request
Code
improve our default overlay:
- Allow to catch
runtimeerrors - Improve errors/warnings reporting (ideally we should have )
- Improve styles
- More?
CRA has react-error-overlay, I think we can union with them and create the one great overlay
/cc @raix
Please paste the results of webpack-cli info and webpack-cli version here, and mention other relevant information
Expected Behavior
Better DX
Actual Behavior
Our overlay is very simple and in some places have bad DX
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by examining webpack-dev-server's default overlay and the referenced react-error-overlay. Define the scope for runtime error capture, clearer error and warning reporting, and improved styles, then verify that the resulting overlay provides the requested better developer experience.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react
- Domain
- developer-experience, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100