Learning Path: Webpack: Web Development With Webpack

Boost your application's performance with Webpack

What you'll learn

Learn to improve workflows with Webpack build tools

Know to handle assets inside your project

Explore on-demand code loading

Learn to create a message board website

Build your own modern stateful web applications

Explore how to track your application state in real time with Firebase

Use components as a unit of styling

Spread props to wrap components

Set up a Firebase project

Master deploying with Babel, code splitting, and ES2015

Learn how to add posts and styling

Requirements

Prior knowledge of JavaScript and ES2015 syntax is assumed

Basic knowledge of React is needed

Description

Webpack is a module bundler for modern JavaScript applications. So if you are a developer and want to master Webpack in order to optimize the performance of your applications by improving workflows, then go for this Learning Path.
Packt’s Video Learning Paths are a series of individual video products put together in a logical and stepwise manner such that each video builds on the skills learned in the video before it.



 The highlights of this Learning Path are:


Learn how to install, configure, and run Webpack
Lean to apply on-demand code loading to your application
Learn how to improve your application by deploying to dynamic cloud hosting sites such as AWS

Let’s take a quick look at your learning journey. To start off with, you will be introduced to Webpack’s basic functionalities and discover how Webpack recursively builds a dependency graph that includes every module needed by your application and all those modules are then packaged into one or more bundles. You will learn many additional capabilities and features available in Webpack using loaders. You will also learn how to handle assets with CSS Loaders and deal with images and image compression. Further, you will explore the latest features provided by Webpack. Next, you will learn how to use Webpack with a real project. You will be provided with a dynamic responsive photo gallery application written in React, along with minimal to basic Webpack configuration and will be shown how to apply advanced features such as deploying with Babel, code splitting, and ES2015. Finally, you will be able to deploy your application to dynamic cloud hosting sites such as AWS in order to improve the existing application.

By the end of this Learning Path, you will have a deep understanding of Webpack and be able to create and deploy your applications.

Meet Your Expert:
We have the best works of the following esteemed author to ensure that your learning journey is smooth:
Colibri is a technology consultancy company founded in 2015 by James Cross and Ingrid Funie. The company works to help their clients navigate the rapidly changing and complex world of emerging technologies, with deep expertise in areas such as big data, data science, machine learning, and cloud computing. Over the past few years they have worked with some of the world's largest and most prestigious companies, including a tier-1 investment bank, a leading management consultancy group, and one of the world's most popular soft drinks companies, helping each of them to better make sense of its data and process it in more intelligent ways. The company lives by its motto: Data -> Intelligence -> Action.

Alexandru Toea is a Senior Frontend developer. He is currently working with various startups specializing in building complex React applications for both public and internal use. Alexandru started his frontend developer career by building his school's websites around 10 years ago and has constantly advanced his knowledge of web technologies ever since. He is currently working with a technology startup to provide it with the tools required for quick expansion. He has spent the past four years working with React and Redux as well as building efficient real-time applications for both startups and corporate clients. He has a passion for efficient and clean code, while also staying on top of all the new developments in the front-end world. On the site he is also an Authorized Google Trainer, teaching for companies such as Solvay and Lucas Films.

Overview

Section 1: Deploying Web Applications with Webpack

Lecture 1 The Course Overview

Lecture 2 Installation and Setup

Lecture 3 Installation and Setup (Continued)

Lecture 4 Using Webpack in a Basic Application

Lecture 5 Using Webpack in a Basic Application (Continued)

Lecture 6 Using Webpack in Your Web Application

Lecture 7 Running the Basic Application

Lecture 8 Running the Basic Application (Continued)

Lecture 9 Bundling Process

Lecture 10 Introduction to Loaders

Lecture 11 Babel Setup and Configuration for ES2015

Lecture 12 Loader Examples

Lecture 13 Handling Stylesheets with Webpack

Lecture 14 Handling Stylesheets with Webpack (Continued)

Lecture 15 Handling Images and Image Compression

Lecture 16 Configuring Public Paths

Lecture 17 Code Splitting - Introduction

Lecture 18 Overriding the Dockerfile Defaults

Lecture 19 Code Splitting - Dynamic Imports

Lecture 20 Lazy Loading

Lecture 21 Webpack 3 Performance Improvements

Section 2: Webpack for React Applications

Lecture 22 The Course Overview

Lecture 23 A React Application

Lecture 24 Deliverables with Webpack

Lecture 25 Deliverables with Webpack (Continued)

Lecture 26 Setting Up Babel

Lecture 27 Setting Up Babel (Continued)

Lecture 28 Webpack Configuration - Loading Assests

Lecture 29 Webpack Configuration - File Loader

Lecture 30 Webpack Configuration - SCSS

Lecture 31 Performance Increase

Lecture 32 Cache Busting

Lecture 33 Project Files Cleanup

Lecture 34 Using Dev Server in Your Application

Lecture 35 Best Practices with Webpack Dev Server

Lecture 36 React Router and Code Splitting

Lecture 37 Getting an App Production Ready

Lecture 38 Deployments with GitHub Pages

Lecture 39 Deployments with AWS S3

Lecture 40 Dynamic Sites - Node and Webpack Integration

Lecture 41 Deployments to AWS EBS

This Learning Path is for developers who want to use Webpack for improving the performance of their applications. Developers who are interested in applying the principles of Webpack to large existing React applications can also take up this Learning Path.