README.md

No framework SPA app

An example app and presentation. Focused on implementing a modern JS SPA app using vanilla JS (especially WebComponents). Webpack is used for bundling and transpiling from newer versions of JavaScript.

Presentation

Download here

Suggested VSCode extension

For html highlighting in template literals, use es6-string-html Visual Studio Code plugin.

Webpack setup reference

Install webpack

Init npm in your local directory

npm init

Install webpack

npm i -D webpack webpack-cli

Open package.json and add to scripts the following:

{
    // ....
    "scripts": {
        "build": "webpack",
        // ....
    }
}
    

Now, create src/index.js file.

Then, you can test it. Run

npm run build

Configure webpack

Create webpack.config.js in your main directory.

npm i -D html-webpack-plugin html-loader

And paste in:

const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require("html-webpack-plugin")

module.exports = {
    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.html$/,
                use: [
                    {
                        loader: "html-loader",
                        options: { minimize: true }
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    plugins: [
        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
            template: "./src/index.html",
            filename: "./index.html"
        })
    ]
}

Set up dev server

npm i -D webpack-dev-server

And to package.json

"start": "webpack-dev-server",

Set up babel if you want

npm i -D @babel/core babel-loader @babel/preset-env

Add rule to webpack

{
    test: /\.js$/,
    exclude: /node_modules/,
    use: [
        {
            loader: "babel-loader",
        }
    ]
},

Loader for images

npm i -D file-loader

{
    test: /\.(png|svg|jpg|gif)$/,
    use: [
        {
            loader: "file-loader",
        }
    ]
},