Webpack

Webpack is the grandfather of bundlers. While slower than Vite, it offers unparalleled flexibility and remains the engine behind Next.js (legacy), Angular, and enterprise apps.

When to Use

• Enterprise Webpack 5 Bundling: Managing complex enterprise web applications with custom asset transformations and polyfills.
• Module Federation Micro-Frontends: Sharing modules, components, and runtime state dynamically across distributed micro-apps.
• Granular Code Splitting & Caching: Fine-tuning split chunks, vendor optimization, and deterministic bundle hashing.
• Custom Loader & Plugin Architectures: Extending compilation pipelines with custom AST manipulation and build hooks.

Quick Start

1. Minimal webpack.config.js

const path = require("path");
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require("html-webpack-plugin");