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frontend/package.json

@@ -5,14 +5,21 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "watch": "webpack --watch",
+    "start": "webpack serve --open",
+    "server": "node server.js",
     "build": "webpack"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "devDependencies": {
+    "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.3.1",
     "webpack": "^5.31.0",
-    "webpack-cli": "^4.6.0"
+    "webpack-cli": "^4.6.0",
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^4.1.0",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.11.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "lodash": "^4.17.21"

frontend/server.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const express = require('express');
+const webpack = require('webpack');
+const webpackDevMiddleware = require('webpack-dev-middleware');
+
+const app = express();
+const config = require('./webpack.config.js');
+const compiler = webpack(config);
+
+// Tell express to use the webpack-dev-middleware and use the webpack.config.js
+// configuration file as a base.
+app.use(
+  webpackDevMiddleware(compiler, {
+    publicPath: config.output.publicPath,
+  })
+);
+
+// Serve the files on port 3000.
+app.listen(3000, function () {
+  console.log('Example app listening on port 3000!\n');
+});

frontend/src/index.js

@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
 import _ from "lodash";
-import "./style.css";
-import Icon from './ship.png';
+import Print from "./print";
 
 function component() {
   const element = document.createElement("div");
 
-  // Lodash, currently included via a script, is required for this line to work
+  // Lodash, now imported by this script
   element.innerHTML = _.join(["Hello", "webpack"], " ");
-  element.classList.add("hello");
-
-  const myIcon = new Image();
-  myIcon.src = Icon;
-
-  element.appendChild(myIcon);
+  element.onclick = Print.bind(null, "Hello webpack!");
 
   return element;
 }

frontend/src/print.js

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default function print(text) {
+  console.log(text);
+}

frontend/webpack.config.js

@@ -1,9 +1,35 @@
-const path = require("path");
+const path = require('path');
+const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 
 module.exports = {
-  entry: "./src/index.js",
+  mode: 'development',
+  entry: './src/index.js',
+  devtool: 'inline-source-map',
+  devServer: {
+    contentBase: './dist',
+  },
+  plugins: [
+    new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+      title: 'Caching',
+    })
+  ],
   output: {
-    filename: "bundle.js",
-    path: path.resolve(__dirname, "dist"),
+    filename: '[name].[contenthash].js',
+    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
+    clean: true,
+    publicPath: '/',
+  },
+  optimization: {
+    moduleIds: 'deterministic',
+    runtimeChunk: 'single',
+    splitChunks: {
+      cacheGroups: {
+        vendor: {
+          test: /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/,
+          name: 'vendors',
+          chunks: 'all',
+        },
+      },
+    },
   },
 };