"npm run start" - Start Webpack server doesn't produce output

When I run npm run start, to start the Webpack server, I get this output:

npm run start

@json-editor/json-editor@1.4.0-beta.0 start C:\GITHub\json-editor webpack-dev-server --config config/webpack.dev.js --progress

10% building 1/1 modules 0 activei ｢wds｣: Project is running at http://localhost:8080/ i ｢wds｣: webpack output is served from /dist/ i ｢wds｣: Content not from webpack is served from C:\GITHub\json-editor i ｢wds｣: 404s will fallback to /index.html i ｢wdm｣: Hash: 8f5eab5eadb3883f8836 Version: webpack 4.39.1 Time: 3590ms Built at: 2019-08-24 15:10:26 Asset Size Chunks Chunk Names jsoneditor.js 2.09 MiB jsoneditor [emitted] jsoneditor Entrypoint jsoneditor = jsoneditor.js [0] multi (webpack)-dev-server/client?http://localhost:8080 ./src/core.js 40 bytes {jsoneditor} [built] [./node_modules/strip-ansi/index.js] 161 bytes {jsoneditor} [built] [./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/index.js?http://localhost:8080] (webpack)-dev-server/client?http://localhost:8080 4.29 KiB {jsoneditor} [built] [./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/overlay.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/overlay.js 3.51 KiB {jsoneditor} [built] [./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/socket.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/socket.js 1.53 KiB {jsoneditor} [built] [./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/utils/createSocketUrl.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/utils/createSocketUrl.js 2.85 KiB {jsoneditor} [built] [./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/utils/log.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/utils/log.js 964 bytes {jsoneditor} [built] [./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/utils/reloadApp.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/utils/reloadApp.js 1.59 KiB {jsoneditor} [built] [./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/utils/sendMessage.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/utils/sendMessage.js 402 bytes {jsoneditor} [built] [./node_modules/webpack/buildin/global.js] (webpack)/buildin/global.js 472 bytes {jsoneditor} [built] [./node_modules/webpack/hot sync ^./log$] (webpack)/hot sync nonrecursive ^./log$ 170 bytes {jsoneditor} [built] [./src/core.js] 27.7 KiB {jsoneditor} [built] [./src/defaults.js] 16.8 KiB {jsoneditor} [built] [./src/editor.js] 19.2 KiB {jsoneditor} [built] [./src/editors/ace.js] 2.91 KiB {jsoneditor} [built] + 98 hidden modules i ｢wdm｣: Compiled successfully.

I’m assuming it should work similar to grunt watch, but no files are generated or updated in the dist folder when I make modifications to the source files in /src. But I can see saving triggers the Webpack server to recompile.

Version: webpack 4.39.1 Time: 177ms Built at: 2019-08-24 15:15:37 Asset Size Chunks Chunk Names jsoneditor.js 2.09 MiB jsoneditor [emitted] jsoneditor Entrypoint jsoneditor = jsoneditor.js [./src/editors/string.js] 10.2 KiB {jsoneditor} [built] + 112 hidden modules i ｢wdm｣: Compiled successfully.

(npm run build and npm run build.dev works.)

[sirockin]

I’m worried we’re producing a plethora of builds and scripts for use cases that I don’t really understand.

Here’s what I propose:

I will rename all the start scripts to debug.

I will then create a new start script that builds nonmin in watch mode but doesn’t serve the output - I think I’m right in thinking that’s how the old start script works.

If that doesn’t work for you maybe it would be better if you submit a PR with it setup exactly how you want it.

[sirockin]

@pmk65 I’ve just merged latest updates to #498. Please could you close this when you’re happy?