webpack v5.0.0-beta.15 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-04-21 // almost 4 years ago
  • ๐Ÿ’ฅ Breaking Changes

    • generate and expose typescript typings from webpack

    ๐Ÿ”‹ Features

    • โž• add API to generate and process CLI arguments targeting webpack configuration
    • add __system_context__ as context from System.js when using System.js as libraryTarget
    • โž• add module.hot.invalidate() API to trigger an additional hot update of this module
    • โž• add bigint support for the DefinePlugin
    • โž• add bigint support for basic evaluations like maths

    ๐Ÿ›  Bugfixes

    • ๐Ÿ›  fix a ReferenceError: xxx is not defined where some pure expression where not be removed from the code
    • ๐Ÿ›  fix handling of extends in class when class is unused
    • ๐Ÿ›  fix incorrect schema validation for Rule conditions (include, exclude and test are not valid here)
    • ๐Ÿ›  fix some spelling issues
    • โž• add space between value and unit in output
    • ๐Ÿ›  fix generated code when using the DefinePlugin with -0
    • Exports from System.js externals behave correctly as ESM now

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improvements

    • โœ‚ remove some duplication info in seralization
    • ๐Ÿ‘‰ make descriptions in schema more consistent in formating

    Internal

    • โž• add spellcheck to CI

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