Intro to Webpack

Chris Schmitz will talk about Webpack.

With the rise of the Single Page Apps (SPAs) we have seen a big increase in activity around front end frameworks and the tooling to support them. It wasn't long ago that everyone was moving their front end builds to Grunt (http://gruntjs.com/), and shortly after to Gulp (http://gulpjs.com/) and Browserify (http://browserify.org/). Many are suffering from JavaScript fatigue (https://medium.com/@ericclemmons/javascript-fatigue-48d4011b6fc4) as they try to keep up with the fast-moving ecosystem. Converts from other build systems are leery of adopting a tool like Webpack (https://webpack.github.io/) and newcomers often misunderstand its value or struggle to understand how it fits in to their workflow.

At this talk you will learn the basics of how to use Webpack for things like:

• Compiling and optimizing your assets

Finding and eliminating duplicated code from your builds

• Running transformations on your files for things like compiling SASS or CoffeeScript

• Breaking your application in to chunks that can be delivered on demand rather than in one big initial payload

Come see what all the buzz is about with Webpack and how it might fit in to your next project.

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