Using only one command to build both a minified and a development .js file
While working on the release of your components, you may need a reliable process to issue your built files. A common operation is to release two versions of a library/component: one for development purposes and one to be consumed in production code, usually minified. In this recipe, you will tweak the official template to release both a minified and a development JavaScript file at the same time.
Getting ready
This recipe makes sense if you are already building and distributing your own components. If you want to learn more, I suggest you refer to the Bundling your component with Webpack recipe.
How to do it…
We'll start with a project with the official Webpack template. You can use your own, or you can spin up a new project with vue init webpack and install the dependencies with npm isntall.
Go inside the build directory. When you launch the npm run build command, you are effectively launching the build.js file in this...
