Episode 2: RRU 002: Webpack the Good Parts with Juho Vepsäläinen

React Round Up

English - March 13, 2018 10:00 - 53 minutes - 51.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 1: RRU 001: Getting Started with React

Next Episode: Episode 3: RRU 003: Advanced Component Patterns and Downshift with Kent C Dodds

Panel:

Charles Max Wood
Nader Dabit
Cory House

Special Guests: Juho Vepsäläinen

In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discusses Webpack the good parts with Juho Vepsäläinen. He talks a lot about the book he has written on Webpack, which helps people understand Webpack and how to work with it. They also discuss the advantages to using Webpack and discuss how you can use it in your coding to your benefit.

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

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What is Webpack?
Juho’s Webpack book: SurviveJS
React
How can someone get into learning about Webpack if they’re not from a React background?
It’s all about the contents behind Webpack
How popular is Webpack and how large is it?
You don’t need to read all 400 pages of his book
Is there a certain way to write with Webpack?
You can learn things as you go with Webpack
How to approach code using Webpack
How new updates with change the philosophy behind Webpack
It’s good for Webpack to have pressure from the outside
There is no reason to use a newer tool if it already works in an older tool
Are there particular plug-ins that you use in Webpack that you really like?
HTML plug-in
React Native
Interesting Webpack project uses
Juho’s GitHub
Decreasing need to be a Webpacker expert
And much, much more!