I have created a Symfony full web app with the given command symfony new app --webapp
. It came with Webpack configured with webpack-encore
. I can have my assets compiled with npm run watch
. But the browser don't reload automatically when my I make changes. I have tried webpack-dev-server following Symfony's official documentation here, but didn't work.
webpack.config.js (I just removed the comments):
const Encore = require('@symfony/webpack-encore');
if (!Encore.isRuntimeEnvironmentConfigured()) {
Encore.configureRuntimeEnvironment(process.env.NODE_ENV || 'dev');
}
Encore
.setOutputPath('public/build/')
.setPublicPath('/build')
.addEntry('app', './assets/app.js')
.enableStimulusBridge('./assets/controllers.json')
.splitEntryChunks()
.enableSingleRuntimeChunk()
.cleanupOutputBeforeBuild()
.enableBuildNotifications()
.enableSourceMaps(!Encore.isProduction())
.enableVersioning(Encore.isProduction())
.configureBabel((config) => {
config.plugins.push('@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties');
})
.configureBabelPresetEnv((config) => {
config.useBuiltIns = 'usage';
config.corejs = 3;
})
;
module.exports = Encore.getWebpackConfig();
package.json:
{
"devDependencies": {
"@hotwired/stimulus": "^3.0.0",
"@symfony/stimulus-bridge": "^3.0.0",
"@symfony/webpack-encore": "^1.7.0",
"core-js": "^3.0.0",
"regenerator-runtime": "^0.13.2",
"webpack-notifier": "^1.6.0"
},
"license": "UNLICENSED",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"dev-server": "encore dev-server",
"dev": "encore dev",
"watch": "encore dev --watch",
"build": "encore production --progress"
}
}
You can set up live reloading with webpack-encore
in a Symfony project with the help of Browsersync. Follow the below steps carefully and you will be good to go.
npm i browser-sync-webpack-plugin browser-sync dotenv --save-dev
webpack.config.js
(there are comments for the lines to add):const Encore = require('@symfony/webpack-encore');
require("dotenv").config(); // Line to add
const BrowserSyncPlugin = require("browser-sync-webpack-plugin"); // Line to add
if (!Encore.isRuntimeEnvironmentConfigured()) {
Encore.configureRuntimeEnvironment(process.env.NODE_ENV || 'dev');
}
Encore
.setOutputPath('public/build/')
.setPublicPath('/build')
.addEntry('app', './assets/app.js')
.enableStimulusBridge('./assets/controllers.json')
.splitEntryChunks()
.enableSingleRuntimeChunk()
.cleanupOutputBeforeBuild()
.enableBuildNotifications()
.enableSourceMaps(!Encore.isProduction())
.enableVersioning(Encore.isProduction())
.configureBabel((config) => {
config.plugins.push('@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties');
})
.configureBabelPresetEnv((config) => {
config.useBuiltIns = 'usage';
config.corejs = 3;
})
// Entry to add
.addPlugin(new BrowserSyncPlugin(
{
host: "localhost",
port: 3000,
proxy: process.env.PROXY,
files: [
{
match: ["src/*.php"],
},
{
match: ["templates/*.twig"],
},
{
match: ["assets/*.js"],
},
{
match: ["assets/*.css"],
},
],
notify: false,
},
{
reload: true,
}
))
;
module.exports = Encore.getWebpackConfig();
.env
(the url should be the one you get when you run symfony serve
):# The url should be the one you get when you run symfony serve
PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:8000/
symfony serve
npm run watch