spawn-loader

Webpack loader to spawn a new entry chunk.

A fork of entry-loader, with a few changes:

• Gives descriptive names to the chunk and child compiler.

• Adds a path option to output files to a subdirectory.

Installation

npm install --save-dev spawn-loader

Usage

// simplest usage: emits otherBundle.js in the same directory
var url = require('spawn-loader!./otherBundle');
// url === 'otherBundle.js'

// build into a subdir: emits otherBundle.js
// (and any assets it emits) into childDir/
var url = require('spawn-loader?path=childDir!./otherBundle');
// url === 'childDir/otherBundle.js'

// specify a different name
var url = require('spawn-loader?name=bundle.js!./file');
// url === 'bundle.js'

// emit the required file as-is, with no prelude
// only useful in combination with other loaders
var url = require('spawn-loader?inert!./manifest.json');
// url === 'manifest.json'

webpack.config.js Options

file.js

import React from 'react';

webpack.config.js

// ...
{
  loader: 'spawn-loader',
  options: {
    // add plugins to the child compiler
    plugins: [new webpack.ExternalsPlugin('var', { react: 'React' })]
  }
}