express-webpack-plugin v1.1.2

Express.js Webpack Plugin

Hot reload for your webpack-bundled express application

How To Use It

• install the package using npm / yarn

yarn add -D express-webpack-plugin

npm install -D express-webpack-plugin

• create an instance of the plugin in your webpack configuration and add it to the plugins array

    const ExpressWebpackPlugin = require('express-webpack-plugin');

    // ...

    module.exports = {

        // ...

        plugins: [ new ExpressWebpackPlugin() ],

        // ...
    }

• specify filename and path in the output object

    // ...

    module.exports = {

        // ...

        output: {
            // ...

            filename: 'index.js',
            path: "/path/to/build/folder"

            // ...
        },

        // ...
    }