django-webpack-dev-server 0.0.14

A Django app to create configuration files for frontend libraries.

django-webpack-dev-server

Django Webpack Dev Server is a Django app to create configuration files for frontend such as React. It uses webpack and webpack_dev_server to bundle your frontend code.

Installation

Install using pip...

pip install django-webpack-dev-server

Supported Frontend Library

1. React (Javascript)
2. React (Typescript)

Quick start

1. Add 'django_webpack_dev_server' to your INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py like this:

       INSTALLED_APPS = [
           ...
           'django_webpack_dev_server',
       ]
   

2. Default django app name is frontend and template is javascript. You can provide your name and template by running
   python manage.py generate react --app_name your_app_name --template (javascript/typescript)

3. Run python manage.py generate react to create a django app with the default configuration.

4. Add the new django app to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like in step 1.

5. Add the path for the new django app in the urlpatterns of the project's urls.py like this:

   from django.urls import path, include
   
   path("", include("your_app_name.urls")),
   

6. Run python manage.py runserver to start the django's development server.

7. cd into the newly created django app and run npm start and go to (http://localhost:8080/).

8. Run npm run build to create a production build of your frontend code.

License

MIT