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JavaScript by Example

You're reading from   JavaScript by Example Learn modern web development with real-world applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788293969
Length 298 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dani Akash S Dani Akash S
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Generating a production build

You might have noticed something about both the Meme Creator and the Event Registration apps. The apps load plain HTML first; after that, styles are loaded. This makes the applications look plain for a moment. This problem does not exist in the ToDo List app because we load CSS first in the ToDo List app. In the Meme Creator app, there was an optional section called Optimizing Webpack builds for different environments. This might be a good time to read it. If you haven't read it yet, go back, give that section a read, and come back to generate the production build.

So far, our app has been working in a development environment. Remember? In the .env file, I told you to set NODE_ENV=dev. This is because, when you set NODE_ENV=production as per the webpack.config.js file I created, Webpack will go into production mode. The npm run watch command...

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