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Sam Alekseev
Sam Alekseev

Reputation: 2391

Run Webpack script in Task Runner before publish project

Here are standard bindings in Task Runner in Visual Studio 2019 (Before build, After build, Clean, Project open).

I configured scripts for Webpack in package.json file (dev, prod etc.). Everything works well during development.

What i need is to execute my configured Webpack script to produce minified js/css files before pubish and then publish my ASP.NET Core project (with minified versions of that files).

I can not figure out how to connect Task Runner with publish profile (*.pubxml) and Webpack script.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 739

Answers (1)

Sam Alekseev
Sam Alekseev

Reputation: 2391

I found a solution for my problem. I added new Target in my Properties -> PublishProfiles -> _name_.pubxml file:

...
  <Target Name="PrePublish" BeforeTargets="Build">
    <Exec Command="webpack --mode production"/>
  </Target>
...

This Webpack command executes before build and before publish, so brand new minified files are picked up and published.

Upvotes: 2

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