Create a new directory
mkdir webpack-4-quickstart
Initialize a package.json by running:
npm init -y
1 { 2 "name": "test", 3 "version": "1.0.0", 4 "description": "", 5 "main": "index.js", 6 "scripts": { 7 "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1", 8 "dev": "webpack --mode development", 9 "build": "webpack --mode production", 10 "server": "webpack-dev-server --config webpack.config.js" 11 }, 12 "author": "", 13 "license": "ISC", 14 "devDependencies": { 15 "babel-core": "^6.26.0", 16 "babel-loader": "^7.1.4", 17 "babel-preset-env": "^1.6.1", 18 "css-loader": "^0.28.11", 19 "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.1.0", 20 "style-loader": "^0.20.3", 21 "webpack": "^4.2.0", 22 "webpack-cli": "^2.0.13", 23 "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.1" 24 } 25 }