webpack-environment-suffix-plugin

webpack-environment-suffix-plugin

• overview
• installation
• webpack configuration
• options
• ionic
  • >=3.8.0
  • < 3.8.0

Overview

Plugin allows to use different versions of config files for the different environments. You can create several versions of same file:

config.js
config.dev.js
config.prod.js
config.qa.js

and plugin webpack-environment-suffix-plugin helps resolve it properly. Idea is similar to what angular cli ng build --prod does.

Install

npm install webpack-environment-suffix-plugin --save

Configure webpack

• Find your webpack.config.js file.
• Import webpack-environment-suffix-plugin

const EnvironmentSuffixPlugin = require('webpack-environment-suffix-plugin');

• Add instance of plugin to a list of plugins.

├── webpack.config.js
 
const EnvironmentSuffixPlugin = require('webpack-environment-suffix-plugin');
 
//...
const config = {
//...
    plugins: [
    //...
    new EnvironmentSuffixPlugin({
        suffix: process.env.NODE_ENV || 'dev'
    })
    ]
//...
}

• Update package.json.

├── package.json
 
//...
"scripts": {
//...
"build": "<you build script>",
"build:prod": "NODE_ENV=\"prod\" npm run build",
"build:dev": "NODE_ENV=\"dev\" npm run build",
"build:test": "NODE_ENV=\"qa\" npm run build
//...
}

Options

• suffix -- defines file suffix that should to be used by resolver. For instance "dev", "prod", "qa" or ony other you want to use. (Default: "dev").
• ext -- file extension. (Default: "js"; For typescript need to set to "ts").
• include -- Tests files against array of regexps. By default value is [/.*\.<your ext>$/]. Note: To improve plugin performance set include values as precise as possible. For example:

new EnvironmentSuffixPlugin ({ 
  "include":[/src\/config\/*.js/, /src\/environment\/*.js/]
})

• exclude -- Array of patterns to exclude. (Default: [/node_modules/]).
• pattern -- Pattern that is resolver is looking for. (Default [name].[suffix]). Example:

  //Add resolve js files with suffix defined in process.env.NODE_ENV
  new EnvironmentSuffixPlugin(
    suffix: process.env.NODE_ENV
  )
 
  //add resolve for typescript for with custom pattern
  new EnvironmentSuffixPlugin(
    ext: 'ts'
    suffix: process.env.NODE_ENV,
    include:[/src\/config/, /src\/environment/],
    // search fo custom pattern like: environment-dev.ts
    pattern: '[name]-[suffix]'
  )

Ionic >= 3.8.0

This package might be configured to be used with ionic.

• Create new webpack.config.js file

├── webpack.config.js
 
const webpackConfig = require('@ionic/app-scripts/config/webpack.config');
const EnvironmentSuffixPlugin = require('webpack-environment-suffix-plugin');
 
const ionicEnv = ['prod', 'dev'];
 
const addPluginToWebpackConfig = (config, env) => {
  const plugins = config[env].plugins || [];
 
  config[env].plugins = [
    ...plugins,
    new EnvironmentSuffixPlugin({
      ext: 'ts',
      suffix: process.env.NODE_ENV || 'dev'
    })
  ];
 
  return config;
};
 
module.exports = () => {
  return ionicEnv.reduce(addPluginToWebpackConfig, webpackConfig);
};
 

• Add "ionic_webpack": <new webpack.config.js path>" to a config section of your package.json.

├── package.json
 
"config": {
    "ionic_webpack": "./webpack.config.js" 
}

Ionic < 3.8.0

Earlier versions of ionic have different structure of @ionic/app-scripts/config/webpack.config.

├── webpack.config.js
 
const originalWebpackConfig = require('@ionic/app-scripts/config/webpack.config');
const EnvironmentSuffixPlugin = require('webpack-environment-suffix-plugin');
 
 
module.exports = () => {
    const plugins = originalWebpackConfig.plugins || [];
 
    originalWebpackConfig.plugins = [
      ...plugins,
      new EnvironmentSuffixPlugin({
        ext: 'ts',
        suffix: process.env.NODE_ENV || 'dev'
      })
    ];
 
    return originalWebpackConfig;
}

Need to mention

blueharvest

License

MIT