Webpack-dev-server not bundling even after showing bundle valid message

Question

I\'ve set up a basic react application with webpack but I couldn\'t get the webpack-dev-server running properly.

I\'ve installed webpack-dev-server

Answer 1

Dev-server keeps the compiled file in memory, and I can't access it directly... BUT! THE SOLUTION is that you have no need to access it, in development(even when you run your project on node server or localhost) use localhost:8080 to access your page, and that's where webpack-dev-server is serving your page and you can feel all advantages of using it(live reload!), BUT! it doesn't compile your bundle.js, SO! before production, you need to manually run webpack build command, and that's it! there is no way for dev-server to compile your bundle.js file! Good Luck!