As the last step, we want a list of all the static assets that we’re generating. This will be useful down the line, once we start caching them to save load times. Fortunately, it’s an easy step, another plugin!
yarn add webpack-manifest-plugin and add it to webpack.config.prod.js, under plugins, with the following configuration:
var ManifestPlugin = require('webpack-manifest-plugin');// Then, under plugins:new ManifestPlugin({ fileName: 'asset-manifest.json',}),
Okay, let’s try it all together. Run yarn build and then open index.html in the browser. It should look exactly the same as running yarn start. You should also see an index.html, a bundle.js, an asset-manifest.json, and an assets folder in our build folder. ...