multipage-webpack-plugin

webpack plugin that allows for trivial configuration for multi page web applications

Problem

Currently to architect a webpack configuration for multi page web applications, there are many requirements for managing all assets and entry points.

• In a multipage application every rendered page corresponds to a webpack entry point.

• Each entry point will have some sort of index.html file or a MVC framework specific server template (partial) which renders to html content.

  • May have different paths, may not even be in the same directory as the entry point.
  • Should contain just the assets bundled for that entry.
  • You would have to create essentially a html-webpack-plugin for each entry however posses extra configuration challenges:

  An example for a Laravel 4 Application using Twig Templates

  const templatesFn = (modules, twigRoot, assetsRoot, shared) => {
    return Object.keys(modules).map((entryName) => {
      return new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
        template: `${assetsRoot}/webpack.template.hbs`, //path.resolve(__dirname, "./assets/webpack.template.hbs"),
        filename: `${twigRoot}/webpack-bundles/${entryName}.twig`,
        chunks: ['inline', 'vendors', entryName, `${shared}`]
      })
    });
  } 
  

Development

• npm install

Single Test Build

• npm t

Test Watch

• npm run test:watch

Usage [WIP]

Plugin Options [WIP]

sharedChunkName vendorChunkName inlineChunkName templateFilename templatePath htmlTemplatePath