webpack-dev-server是一个小型的Node.js Express服务器,它使用webpack-dev-middleware来服务于webpack的包,除此自外，它还有一个通过Sock.js来连接到服务器的微型运行时.
我们来看一下下面的配置文件(webpack.config.js)
var path = require("path"); module.exports = { entry:{ app:["./app/main.js"] }, output:{ path:path.resolve(__dirname,"build"), publicPath:"/assets/", filename:"bundle.js" } }
这里你将你的源文件放在app文件夹下,并通过webpack将其打包到build文件夹下的bundle.js中.
注意:webpack-dev-server是一个独立的NPM包,你可以通过npm install webpack-dev-server来安装它.
基本目录
webpack-dev-server默认会以当前目录为基本目录,除非你制定它.
webpack-dev-server --content-base build/
上述命令是在命令行中执行的,它将build目录作为根目录.有一点需要注意的是:webpack-dev-server生成的包并没有放在你的真实目录中,而是放在了内存中.
我们在基本目录下新建一个index.html文件,然后在浏览器中输入:8080访问.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Document</title> </head> <body> <script src="https://www.jb51.net/assets/bundle.js"></script> </body> </html>
自动刷新
webpack-dev-server支持两种模式来自动刷新页面.
iframe模式(页面放在iframe中,当发生改变时重载)
inline模式(将webpack-dev-sever的客户端入口添加到包(bundle)中)
两种模式都支持热模块替换(Hot Module Replacement).热模块替换的好处是只替换更新的部分,而不是页面重载.
iframe模式
使用这种模式不需要额外的配置,只需要以下面这种URL格式访问即可
«host»:«port»/webpack-dev-server/«path»
例如::8080/webpack-dev-server/index.html.
inline模式
inline模式下我们访问的URL不用发生变化,启用这种模式分两种情况:
1 当以命令行启动webpack-dev-server时,需要做两点：
在命令行中添加--inline命令
在webpack.config.js中添加devServer:{inline:true}
2 当以Node.js API启动webpack-dev-server时,我们也需要做两点:
由于webpack-dev-server的配置中无inline选项,我们需要添加webpack-dev-server/client?«path»:«port»/到webpack配置的entry入口点中.
将<script src="https://localhost:8080/webpack-dev-server.js"></script>添加到html文件中
var config = require("./webpack.config.js"); var webpack = require('webpack'); var WebpackDevServer = require('webpack-dev-server'); config.entry.app.unshift("webpack-dev-server/client?:8080/"); var compiler = webpack(config); var server = new WebpackDevServer(compiler, { contentBase:'build/', publicPath: "/assets/" }); server.listen(8080);
在Node中运行上面的代码即可。
注意：webpack配置中的devSever配置项只对在命令行模式有效。
(Hot Module Replacement)热模块替换
在命令行中运行inline模式，并启用热模块替换
这里只需要多增加 --hot指令就OK了.如下所示.
webpack-dev-server --content-base build --inline --hot
注意:命令行模式下,webpack.config.js中一定要配置output.publicPath来指定编译后的包(bundle)的访问位置.
在Nodejs API中运行inline模式，并启用热模块替换
这里需要做以下三点:
在webpack.config.js的entry选项中添加:webpack/hot/dev-server
在webpack.config.js的plugins选项中添加:new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin()
在webpack-dev-server的配置中添加：hot:true
webpack-dev-server中的配置选项
var WebpackDevServer = require("webpack-dev-server"); var webpack = require("webpack"); var compiler = webpack({ // configuration }); var server = new WebpackDevServer(compiler, { // webpack-dev-server options contentBase: "/path/to/directory", // Can also be an array, or: contentBase: "http://localhost/", hot: true, // Enable special support for Hot Module Replacement // Page is no longer updated, but a "webpackHotUpdate" message is send to the content // Use "webpack/hot/dev-server" as additional module in your entry point // Note: this does _not_ add the `HotModuleReplacementPlugin` like the CLI option does. // Set this as true if you want to access dev server from arbitrary url. // This is handy if you are using a html5 router. historyApiFallback: false, // Set this if you want to enable gzip compression for assets compress: true, // Set this if you want webpack-dev-server to delegate a single path to an arbitrary server. // Use "**" to proxy all paths to the specified server. // This is useful if you want to get rid of 'http://localhost:8080/' in script[src], // and has many other use cases (see https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/pull/127 ). proxy: { "**": "http://localhost:9090" }, setup: function(app) { // Here you can access the Express app object and add your own custom middleware to it. // For example, to define custom handlers for some paths: // app.get('/some/path', function(req, res) { // res.json({ custom: 'response' }); // }); }, // pass [static options](#express.static) to inner express server staticOptions: { }, // webpack-dev-middleware options quiet: false, noInfo: false, lazy: true, filename: "bundle.js", watchOptions: { aggregateTimeout: 300, poll: 1000 }, // It's a required option. publicPath: "/assets/", headers: { "X-Custom-Header": "yes" }, stats: { colors: true } }); server.listen(8080, "localhost", function() {}); // server.close();