Load chunks/bundles as needed (like SystemJS)











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Using Webpack, I have multiple chunks/bundles being created so that the entire app is not loaded at once. I've hand-chosen which dependencies I want to be moved into their own chunks. Here is the important part of my config:



module.exports = {
devtool: 'inline-source-map',
mode: process.env.NODE_ENV,
entry: {
main: './src/index.tsx',
},
optimization: {
runtimeChunk: {
name: 'runtime',
},
splitChunks: {
cacheGroups: {
...makeChunkCacheGroup('chunk_1', //node_modules/(... list of deps ...)(/|$)/),
...makeChunkCacheGroup('chunk_2', //node_modules/(... list of deps ...)(/|$)/),
},
},
},
// ...
};

function makeChunkCacheGroup(name, ...moduleNameRegexps) {
return {
[name]: {
name,
test: module => moduleNameRegexps.some(pattern => pattern.test(module.context)),
chunks: 'all',
minChunks: 1,
minSize: 0,
maxSize: Infinity,
reuseExistingChunk: true,
enforce: true,
},
};
}


This config gives me runtime, main, chunk_, and chunk_2. However, all of these chunks are injected into index.html, thus they all load during the initial page load instead of dynamically (as I naively expected).



I've used SystemJS in the past to bundle things up into multiple bundles and it would only download a given bundle as it was required by the app. I now realize that Webpack does not work this way.



Is there a way to make Webpack only download the runtime and main bundles initially, and then download the other bundles as they're needed?





Note 1: I realize that I can use dynamic imports e.g. import('some-dep').then(...), but it's not reasonable to do so based on the size of the codebase, and also, I think this sort of thing is better left to configuration (a module shouldn't have to pick and choose which deps it should load dynamically).



Note 2: I did try to specify multiple entry points but never got it working. The app really only has a single entry point. But, for instance, we have multiple directories under src/app/elements/, and it'd be perfect if each of those directories ended up in its own bundle which was then dynamically loaded. I couldn't get this working in an automated/smart way.










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  • On note1, isn't it reasonable to expect the application knows the best for when to load a module? e.g. you can naturally write sth like doSth() { const dep = await import('dep'); dep.runSth() };
    – William Chong
    Nov 21 at 15:42










  • In my opinion, it doesn't belong in "code". Especially the way I'd have to do it with Webpack, that is, using "magic comments" e.g. import (/** webpackChunkName: chunk_1 */ /** webpackMode: lazt **/ 'my-dep'); This is very hacky and brittle. Configuration does not belong in code, it belongs in config. /rant
    – Josh M.
    Nov 21 at 16:04















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Using Webpack, I have multiple chunks/bundles being created so that the entire app is not loaded at once. I've hand-chosen which dependencies I want to be moved into their own chunks. Here is the important part of my config:



module.exports = {
devtool: 'inline-source-map',
mode: process.env.NODE_ENV,
entry: {
main: './src/index.tsx',
},
optimization: {
runtimeChunk: {
name: 'runtime',
},
splitChunks: {
cacheGroups: {
...makeChunkCacheGroup('chunk_1', //node_modules/(... list of deps ...)(/|$)/),
...makeChunkCacheGroup('chunk_2', //node_modules/(... list of deps ...)(/|$)/),
},
},
},
// ...
};

function makeChunkCacheGroup(name, ...moduleNameRegexps) {
return {
[name]: {
name,
test: module => moduleNameRegexps.some(pattern => pattern.test(module.context)),
chunks: 'all',
minChunks: 1,
minSize: 0,
maxSize: Infinity,
reuseExistingChunk: true,
enforce: true,
},
};
}


This config gives me runtime, main, chunk_, and chunk_2. However, all of these chunks are injected into index.html, thus they all load during the initial page load instead of dynamically (as I naively expected).



I've used SystemJS in the past to bundle things up into multiple bundles and it would only download a given bundle as it was required by the app. I now realize that Webpack does not work this way.



Is there a way to make Webpack only download the runtime and main bundles initially, and then download the other bundles as they're needed?





Note 1: I realize that I can use dynamic imports e.g. import('some-dep').then(...), but it's not reasonable to do so based on the size of the codebase, and also, I think this sort of thing is better left to configuration (a module shouldn't have to pick and choose which deps it should load dynamically).



Note 2: I did try to specify multiple entry points but never got it working. The app really only has a single entry point. But, for instance, we have multiple directories under src/app/elements/, and it'd be perfect if each of those directories ended up in its own bundle which was then dynamically loaded. I couldn't get this working in an automated/smart way.










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  • On note1, isn't it reasonable to expect the application knows the best for when to load a module? e.g. you can naturally write sth like doSth() { const dep = await import('dep'); dep.runSth() };
    – William Chong
    Nov 21 at 15:42










  • In my opinion, it doesn't belong in "code". Especially the way I'd have to do it with Webpack, that is, using "magic comments" e.g. import (/** webpackChunkName: chunk_1 */ /** webpackMode: lazt **/ 'my-dep'); This is very hacky and brittle. Configuration does not belong in code, it belongs in config. /rant
    – Josh M.
    Nov 21 at 16:04













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Using Webpack, I have multiple chunks/bundles being created so that the entire app is not loaded at once. I've hand-chosen which dependencies I want to be moved into their own chunks. Here is the important part of my config:



module.exports = {
devtool: 'inline-source-map',
mode: process.env.NODE_ENV,
entry: {
main: './src/index.tsx',
},
optimization: {
runtimeChunk: {
name: 'runtime',
},
splitChunks: {
cacheGroups: {
...makeChunkCacheGroup('chunk_1', //node_modules/(... list of deps ...)(/|$)/),
...makeChunkCacheGroup('chunk_2', //node_modules/(... list of deps ...)(/|$)/),
},
},
},
// ...
};

function makeChunkCacheGroup(name, ...moduleNameRegexps) {
return {
[name]: {
name,
test: module => moduleNameRegexps.some(pattern => pattern.test(module.context)),
chunks: 'all',
minChunks: 1,
minSize: 0,
maxSize: Infinity,
reuseExistingChunk: true,
enforce: true,
},
};
}


This config gives me runtime, main, chunk_, and chunk_2. However, all of these chunks are injected into index.html, thus they all load during the initial page load instead of dynamically (as I naively expected).



I've used SystemJS in the past to bundle things up into multiple bundles and it would only download a given bundle as it was required by the app. I now realize that Webpack does not work this way.



Is there a way to make Webpack only download the runtime and main bundles initially, and then download the other bundles as they're needed?





Note 1: I realize that I can use dynamic imports e.g. import('some-dep').then(...), but it's not reasonable to do so based on the size of the codebase, and also, I think this sort of thing is better left to configuration (a module shouldn't have to pick and choose which deps it should load dynamically).



Note 2: I did try to specify multiple entry points but never got it working. The app really only has a single entry point. But, for instance, we have multiple directories under src/app/elements/, and it'd be perfect if each of those directories ended up in its own bundle which was then dynamically loaded. I couldn't get this working in an automated/smart way.










share|improve this question













Using Webpack, I have multiple chunks/bundles being created so that the entire app is not loaded at once. I've hand-chosen which dependencies I want to be moved into their own chunks. Here is the important part of my config:



module.exports = {
devtool: 'inline-source-map',
mode: process.env.NODE_ENV,
entry: {
main: './src/index.tsx',
},
optimization: {
runtimeChunk: {
name: 'runtime',
},
splitChunks: {
cacheGroups: {
...makeChunkCacheGroup('chunk_1', //node_modules/(... list of deps ...)(/|$)/),
...makeChunkCacheGroup('chunk_2', //node_modules/(... list of deps ...)(/|$)/),
},
},
},
// ...
};

function makeChunkCacheGroup(name, ...moduleNameRegexps) {
return {
[name]: {
name,
test: module => moduleNameRegexps.some(pattern => pattern.test(module.context)),
chunks: 'all',
minChunks: 1,
minSize: 0,
maxSize: Infinity,
reuseExistingChunk: true,
enforce: true,
},
};
}


This config gives me runtime, main, chunk_, and chunk_2. However, all of these chunks are injected into index.html, thus they all load during the initial page load instead of dynamically (as I naively expected).



I've used SystemJS in the past to bundle things up into multiple bundles and it would only download a given bundle as it was required by the app. I now realize that Webpack does not work this way.



Is there a way to make Webpack only download the runtime and main bundles initially, and then download the other bundles as they're needed?





Note 1: I realize that I can use dynamic imports e.g. import('some-dep').then(...), but it's not reasonable to do so based on the size of the codebase, and also, I think this sort of thing is better left to configuration (a module shouldn't have to pick and choose which deps it should load dynamically).



Note 2: I did try to specify multiple entry points but never got it working. The app really only has a single entry point. But, for instance, we have multiple directories under src/app/elements/, and it'd be perfect if each of those directories ended up in its own bundle which was then dynamically loaded. I couldn't get this working in an automated/smart way.







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  • On note1, isn't it reasonable to expect the application knows the best for when to load a module? e.g. you can naturally write sth like doSth() { const dep = await import('dep'); dep.runSth() };
    – William Chong
    Nov 21 at 15:42










  • In my opinion, it doesn't belong in "code". Especially the way I'd have to do it with Webpack, that is, using "magic comments" e.g. import (/** webpackChunkName: chunk_1 */ /** webpackMode: lazt **/ 'my-dep'); This is very hacky and brittle. Configuration does not belong in code, it belongs in config. /rant
    – Josh M.
    Nov 21 at 16:04


















  • On note1, isn't it reasonable to expect the application knows the best for when to load a module? e.g. you can naturally write sth like doSth() { const dep = await import('dep'); dep.runSth() };
    – William Chong
    Nov 21 at 15:42










  • In my opinion, it doesn't belong in "code". Especially the way I'd have to do it with Webpack, that is, using "magic comments" e.g. import (/** webpackChunkName: chunk_1 */ /** webpackMode: lazt **/ 'my-dep'); This is very hacky and brittle. Configuration does not belong in code, it belongs in config. /rant
    – Josh M.
    Nov 21 at 16:04
















On note1, isn't it reasonable to expect the application knows the best for when to load a module? e.g. you can naturally write sth like doSth() { const dep = await import('dep'); dep.runSth() };
– William Chong
Nov 21 at 15:42




On note1, isn't it reasonable to expect the application knows the best for when to load a module? e.g. you can naturally write sth like doSth() { const dep = await import('dep'); dep.runSth() };
– William Chong
Nov 21 at 15:42












In my opinion, it doesn't belong in "code". Especially the way I'd have to do it with Webpack, that is, using "magic comments" e.g. import (/** webpackChunkName: chunk_1 */ /** webpackMode: lazt **/ 'my-dep'); This is very hacky and brittle. Configuration does not belong in code, it belongs in config. /rant
– Josh M.
Nov 21 at 16:04




In my opinion, it doesn't belong in "code". Especially the way I'd have to do it with Webpack, that is, using "magic comments" e.g. import (/** webpackChunkName: chunk_1 */ /** webpackMode: lazt **/ 'my-dep'); This is very hacky and brittle. Configuration does not belong in code, it belongs in config. /rant
– Josh M.
Nov 21 at 16:04

















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