Mocha tests don't run with Webpack and mocha-loader

Question

Background

I am porting some npm scripts to Webpack loaders to better learn how Webpack works and I’ve got everything working except for my Mocha tests: I have one

Answer 1

I liked JimSkerritt's answer, but couldn't get it to work on my computer for some reason. With the two config files below you can run the app via:

npm start              // then http://localhost:8080/bundle

and run your tests with:

npm test              // then http://localhost:8081/webpack-dev-server/test

both servers auto-reload && you can run both simultaneously!

Config Files

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
    entry: "./index.js",
    output: {
        path: __dirname + "/build",
        filename: "bundle.js"
    },
    module: {
        loaders: [
            { test: /\.css$/, loader: "style!css" }
        ]
    }
};

package.json

{
  "name": "2dpointfinder",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "webpack-dev-server --inline",
    "test": "webpack-dev-server 'mocha!./tests/test.js' --output-filename test.js --port 8081"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "css-loader": "^0.19.0",
    "style-loader": "^0.12.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "mocha": "^2.3.3",
    "mocha-loader": "^0.7.1",
    "should": "^7.1.0"
  }
}