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JavaScript Configuring Webpack

Posted by Osama Awan
Osama Awan
Courses Plus Student 8,676 Points

Webpack Output filename not configured

first of all i'm using windows when i type webpack in cmd and hit enter it gives an error "Output filename not configured" i have checked my webpack.config.js file and everything is ok and i'm using webpack from node_modules/.bin

module.exports = {
    entry: './app.js',

    output: {
        filename: 'bundle.js'
    },

    module: {
        loaders: [
          {
            test: /\.js$/,
            exclude: /node_modules/,
            loader: 'babel-loader'
          }
        ]
    }
};
Osama Awan
Osama Awan
Courses Plus Student 8,676 Points

I have figured out the solution you have to add "webpack": "webpack" inside your package.json file under 'test" property, and you just have to run "npm run webpack" (without quotes) from your project folder, for example: E:\scoreboard> npm run webpack

1 Answer

annekotecha
annekotecha
4,364 Points
annekotecha
annekotecha
4,364 Points

I also had the error message of "Output filename not configured". I worked out it was down to typos. In my webpack.config.js file I had an extra trailing space in './app.js' and in the.babelrc files I had omitted the final curly brace. Once I fixed these types I could run "node_modules/.bin/webpack" succesfully. I did not need to change the 'test' variable in the package.json file nor run "npm run webpack"