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Csaba Koncz commented on ATLAS-3819: ------------------------------------ Oh, that is just the inverse of the express-webpack-dev-server integration :) [https://webpack.js.org/guides/development/#using-webpack-dev-middleware] Will try that too, the only question is how can I test the result of the production build (the content of "dist" folder)? Shall I start webpack-dev-server with mode:"production" and then can we assume that it serves the same content that it otherwise generates to "dist"? > Modernize client side technology stack > -------------------------------------- > > Key: ATLAS-3819 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ATLAS-3819 > Project: Atlas > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: atlas-webui > Affects Versions: 3.0.0 > Reporter: Csaba Koncz > Priority: Major > Attachments: image-2020-07-04-16-42-10-643.png > > > While RequireJS has its merits and advantages, it might be worth considering > replacing it with another technology. > A bundle loader like Webpack would open up a number of possibilities: > - use of ES6 modules, which immediately improves tooling support > - use TypeScript, which improves tooling support even more > - a manageable code base would enable refactoring of the JavaScript code so > that no logic happens in the module initialization code, > which in turn would make it possible to write tests for the JavaScript logic. > As a POC I created a NodeJS project that transforms the current dashboardv2 > code into Webpack bundles and demonstrates > that the UI is able to work without RequireJS. > Right now the JavaScript sources and index.html are used unchanged, > but the next step would be to start converting the source to ES6 modules. > Here is the code: https://github.com/csabakoncz/atlas-newui > The most important file there is `webpack.config.js` that takes over the role > of RequireJS.config. > The other file of interest might be `src/index.ts` which demonstrates the > ability to use TypeScript code even now. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)