Webpack-dev-server compiles files but does not refresh or make compiled javascript available to browser

Question

I\'m trying to use webpack-dev-server to compile files and start up a dev web server.

In my package.json I have the script property set to:

Answer 1

This happened to me as well after running two different applications on the same webpack-dev-server port after one another. This happened even though the other project was shut down. When I changed to a port that had not been used it started working directly.

devServer: {
    proxy: {
        '*': {
            target: 'http://localhost:1234'
        }
    },
    port: 8080,
    host: '0.0.0.0',
    hot: true,
    historyApiFallback: true,
},

If you use Chrome like me then just open Developer Tools and click on Clear site data. You can also see if this is the problem by running the site in incognito mode.