Introduction to webpack
Let’s have a look at the important role webpack plays in simplifying the development process.
Introduction
In the beginning, JavaScript was simpler.
HTML elements in the markup had attributes with names like onclick, and if we wanted something dynamic to happen, we’d write near one line of code in the onclick attribute. Although this was simple, it was limited, and eventually, coders wanted more complex effects in the browser. They started placing JavaScript code in files external to the HTML and sending them to the browser via the script tag.
This was still simple, but also still limited. JavaScript programs gradually became more complicated, and the need to include multiple JavaScript files grew. The dependencies on third-party libraries grew. We added CSS, SASS, CoffeeScript, templates, and so on. In addition to just ...