ContextReplacementPlugin is a pretty advanced tool. I know only two its use cases that appear common enough... (more…)

If we only load the CSS that's useful for the initial page render, our users will see the page quicker. Isolating critical CSS and loading non-critical CSS in idle time is something that can be done programmatically in your Webpack pipeline. (more…)

The build system that I had inherited for the International Cancer Genome Consortium’s Data Portal was fairly modern when the project first… (more…)

Webpack is becoming the standard in bundling JavaScript, but what does that even mean and how does it work? Let's find out. (more…)

One of the signature features of webpack is its use of the “dependency graph” to manage and bundle assets. However, each resource that is loaded into webpack must be treated as JavaScript. Until now. (more…)