forcing webpackdev server to write files

config/webpack.config.flask.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const InterpolateHtmlPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/InterpolateHtmlPlugin');
 const SWPrecacheWebpackPlugin = require('sw-precache-webpack-plugin');
 const WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin');
 const ModuleScopePlugin = require('react-dev-utils/ModuleScopePlugin');
+const WriteFilePlugin = require('write-file-webpack-plugin');
 const getClientEnvironment = require('./env');
 const paths = require('./paths');
 // Webpack uses `publicPath` to determine where the app is being served from.
@@ -253,7 +254,8 @@ module.exports = {
       new ManifestPlugin({
         fileName: 'asset-manifest.json',
       }),
-      new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/^\.\/locale$/, /moment$/)
+      new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/^\.\/locale$/, /moment$/),
+      new WriteFilePlugin()
     ],
     // Some libraries import Node modules but don't use them in the browser.
     // Tell Webpack to provide empty mocks for them so importing them works.

package-lock.json

@@ -2786,6 +2786,12 @@
       "version": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-MAV0OOrGz3+MR2fzhkjWaX11yQM="
     },
+    "moment": {
+      "version": "2.18.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment/-/moment-2.18.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-w2GT3Tzhwu7SrbfIAtu8d6gbHA8=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "ms": {
       "version": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-VgiurfwAvmwpAd9fmGF4jeDVl8g="
@@ -4769,6 +4775,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-+Aek8LHZ6ROuekgRLmzDrxmRtF8=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "write-file-webpack-plugin": {
+      "version": "4.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/write-file-webpack-plugin/-/write-file-webpack-plugin-4.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KkFZtNeeuSjig5sACrd0n1ybrpd4CS8P5J2TGEklS7UGGlz+iISAxJf426XwaQ2TTlTAq1LTXRBWTTEYjy5e4A==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "xdg-basedir": {
       "version": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xdg-basedir/-/xdg-basedir-2.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-7byQPMOF/ARSPZZqM1UEtVBNG9I=",

package.json

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
     "webpack": "2.6.0",
     "webpack-dev-server": "2.4.5",
     "webpack-manifest-plugin": "^1.1.0",
-    "whatwg-fetch": "2.0.3"
+    "whatwg-fetch": "2.0.3",
+    "write-file-webpack-plugin": "^4.1.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node scripts/start.js",

scripts/flask.js

@@ -112,14 +112,10 @@ if (!checkRequiredFiles([paths.appHtml, paths.appIndexJs])) {
 //       process.exit(1);
 //     }
 //   );
-fs.emptyDirSync(paths.appBuild);
-fs.ensureSymlink(paths.appPng,path.resolve(paths.appBuild,'png'));
-// Merge with the public folder
-copyPublicFolder();
 startWebPackDevServer(()=>{
-  child_process.spawn('webpack',['--watch','--config','config/webpack.config.flask.js'],{
-    stdio:'inherit'
-  });
+  // child_process.spawn('webpack',['--watch','--config','config/webpack.config.flask.js'],{
+  //   stdio:'inherit'
+  // });
   child_process.spawn('python',['walle-server.py'],{
     stdio:'inherit'
   });
@@ -173,7 +169,10 @@ function copyPublicFolder() {
 function startWebPackDevServer(pyServer){
   const DEFAULT_PORT = parseInt(process.env.PORT, 10) || 3000;
   const HOST = process.env.HOST || '0.0.0.0';
-
+  fs.emptyDirSync(paths.appBuild);
+  fs.ensureSymlink(paths.appPng,path.resolve(paths.appBuild,'png'));
+  // Merge with the public folder
+  copyPublicFolder();
   // We attempt to use the default port but if it is busy, we offer the user to
   // run on a different port. `detect()` Promise resolves to the next free port.
   choosePort(HOST, DEFAULT_PORT)
@@ -200,14 +199,13 @@ function startWebPackDevServer(pyServer){
         if (err) {
           return console.log(err);
         }
-        // if (isInteractive) {
-        //   clearConsole();
-        // }
+        if (isInteractive) {
+          clearConsole();
           const urls = prepareUrls(protocol, HOST, '5000');
           pyServer();
           openBrowser(urls.localUrlForBrowser);
+        }
       });
-      // openBrowser(urls.localUrlForBrowser);
     })
     .catch(err => {
       if (err && err.message) {

walle-server.py

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ def walle_test():
 
 # hmr streaming
 # from flask import Response,stream_with_context
-# @app.route('/sockjs-node/<path:url>',methods=['GET','POST'])
+# @app.route('/<path:url>',methods=['GET','POST'])
 # def walle_hmr(url):
-#     webpack_server = 'http://localhost:3000/sockjs-node/'
+#     webpack_server = 'http://localhost:3000/'
 #     req = requests.get(webpack_server+url, stream = True)
     # return Response(stream_with_context(req.iter_content()))