webpack.config.js

const path = require("path");
const CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
const BundleAnalyzerPlugin = require('webpack-bundle-analyzer').BundleAnalyzerPlugin;

module.exports = {
  plugins: [new CompressionPlugin()],
  //  new BundleAnalyzerPlugin()],
  mode: "development",
  entry: "./client/src/index.js",
  output: {
    path: path.join(__dirname, '/client/dist'),
    filename: "bundle.js"
  },
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.(jsx|js)$/,
        exclude: /node_modules/,
        loader: "babel-loader"
      },
      {
        test: /\.(jpe?g|png|gif|svg)$/i,
        type: "asset",
      },
      {
        test: /\.scss$/,
        use: [
          'style-loader',
          'css-loader',
          'sass-loader'
        ]
      },
      {
        test: /\.css$/,
        use: ['style-loader', 'css-loader']
      }
    ]
  },
  // [devtool] this is an additional source map that will let the browser know what files are running our code.
  // Helps with error tracing. Without it we will not know where our errors are coming from because it will state that everything inside the bundle file.
  devtool: "eval-cheap-module-source-map",
  // [devServer] configuration for the live server including port
  devServer: {
    // [static] config for how what to serve
    static: {
      directory: path.join(__dirname, '/client/dist'),
    },
    compress: true,
    // [port] what port on our local machine to run the dev server
    port: 3001,
  }
}