webpack-simple-serve

Why

webpack-dev-server is slow.

Differences with webpack-dev-server

• Use webpack's watch feature
• Don't put files in memory, write them to disk instead
• Use serve to serve the compiled static files

That's all.

Installation

npm i webpack-simple-serve -D

Usage

With the CLI

In the directory where your webpack.config.js is, run:

node_modules/.bin/webpack-simple-serve

With NPM Scripts

"scripts": {
  "dev": "webpack-simple-serve"
}

Options

To get help for all options:

node_modules/.bin/webpack-simple-serve -h

simpleDevServer options in webpack.config.js

const path = require('path');

module.exports = {
  //...
  simpleDevServer: {
    contentBase: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
    port: 3000
  }
};