Passing environment-dependent variables in webpack

Question

I\'m trying to convert an angular app from gulp to webpack. in gulp I use gulp-preprocess to replace some variables in the html page (e.g. database name) depending on the NO

Answer 1

I'm not a huge fan of...

new webpack.DefinePlugin({
  'process.env': envVars
}),

...as it does not provides any type of security. instead, you end up boosting your secret stuff, unless you add a webpack to gitignore