I use Webpack 4 in a project where I only need to compile and bundle styles so far. There's no Javascript.
Here's the config I have:
const path = require('path');
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require('mini-css-extract-plugin');
module.exports = {
entry: {
'css/bundle': path.resolve(__dirname, 'static/scss/index.scss'),
},
output: {
path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'static'),
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/,
include: path.resolve(__dirname, 'static/scss'),
use: [MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader, 'css-loader', 'sass-loader'],
},
],
},
plugins: [
new MiniCssExtractPlugin(),
],
};
The problem is that it outputs two files: bundle.css and bundle.js. Is there a way to configure Webpack so that it doesn't output the Javascript bundle? I tried to navigate the docs, tried a dozen different things, but it didn't really work.
One important note here is that if I remove the css-loader, bundling fails. So while css-loader is most likely responsible for outputting the bundle.js file, I'm not entirely sure how to avoid using it.
March 2021:
In Webpack 5, on-build-webpack
plugin did not work for me.
I found this:
The project I’m working on we’re using Webpack 5 as a build tool for a CSS pattern library. Therefore, we didn’t need the main.js
in our dist
.
Run npm i -D webpack-shell-plugin-next
Then in webpack.config.ts
(just showing the pertinent parts):
import WebpackShellPluginNext from "webpack-shell-plugin-next";
module.exports = {
output: {
path: path.resolve(__dirname, "static/dist")
},
plugins: [
// Run commands before or after webpack 5 builds:
new WebpackShellPluginNext({
onBuildEnd: {
scripts: [
() => {
fs.unlinkSync(path.join(config.output.path, "main.js"));
}
]
}
})
]
};
export default config;