webpack --watch isn't compiling changed files

Question

I tried running webpack --watch and after editing my JS files, it doesn\'t trigger an auto-recompilation.

I\'ve tried reinstalling webpack

Answer 1

Problem was in distiction between .js and .ts files. Why ?

On project build, Visual Studio compiles typescript files into .js and .js.map. This is totally unecessary, because webpack handles typescript files as well (with awesome-typescript-loader). When editing componet .tsx files in Visual Studio Code or With disabled compileOnSave option in tsconfig.json, edited ts file is not recompiled and my webpack was processing unactual .js file.

Solution was to disable compiling typescript files in visual studio on project build. Add

true

in PropertyGroup of your .csproj.