A rudimentary overlay for webpack-serve, based off the one used in webpack-dev-server.
This overlay is currently in development. It's fully working,
but has none of the clever automagical features like inserting itself into webpack.entry.
These features (and more) should hopefully come with time. Right now this package serves as a quick fully functional way of
being able to have the same overlay as webpack-dev-server in webpack-serve with minimal fuss & expense.
Install the package:
npm i webpack-serve-overlay
Then require the overlay at the top of your index.jsx (or equivalent):
// becomes dead code in builds other than dev,
// which webpack should pick up and remove.
if(process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
require('webpack-serve-overlay');
}and you'll be away laughing.
The overlay works by using a WebSocket that connects to ws://localhost:8081 by default.
This value can be overridden by setting the WEBPACK_SERVE_OVERLAY_WS_URL env property.
I aim to later add functionality to get this (and similar) values from webpack-serve itself.