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keyboard-warrior
keyboard-warrior

Reputation: 352

webpack does not actually create any bundle file

I can't get webpack to actually generate the output file. I can run webpack and I get webpack: bundle is now VALID with no errors but no file is ever created. I have tried changing my output directory too, nothing seems to work.

I have read many posts addressing the same issue but nobody has been able to figure this mystery out. Example webpack config:

var webpack = require('webpack'),
path = require('path');

module.exports = {
    debug: true,
    entry: {
    main: './assets/js/components/test.js'
  },

  output: {
    path: path.join('./dist'),
    filename: 'bundle.js',
  },

  module: {
    loaders: [
      {
        test: /.jsx?$/,
        loader: 'babel-loader',
        exclude: /node_modules/,
        query: {
          presets: ['es2015', 'react']
        }
      }
    ]
  }
};

Upvotes: 0

Views: 735

Answers (2)

keyboard-warrior
keyboard-warrior

Reputation: 352

So after some trial and error the solution ended up being that I needed to run webpack from the package.json by adding it as a script. Still don't understand why I can't just run webpack from the Terminal. Anyone know why it has to be a script like this?

"scripts": { "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1", "start": "webpack" },

and then run this command in Terminal:

npm start

Upvotes: 0

J c
J c

Reputation: 6413

According to https://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#output-path

The output directory as an absolute path (required).

Have you tried the following for your output path?

path: path.join(__dirname, 'dist'),

Upvotes: 2

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