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by sametmax 3446 days ago
I still wonder how come the first syntax was considered a good idea in the first place ?

Figuring how to configure webpack 1 (haven't tried 2) is crazy, and I don't understand how people able to construct such a complex tool that is currently unique on the market, and works so well, managed to design a conf settings that badly.
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dictum 3446 days ago
> I still wonder how come the first syntax was considered a good idea in the first place ?

I think it came from RequireJS, probably intended for one-off usage (e.g. a single require that requires a certain loader)

Still a bad idea, though.

http://requirejs.org/docs/plugins.html (Jan 2011: https://web.archive.org/web/20110109084245/http://requirejs....)

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thelarkinn 3446 days ago
Ironically the biggest challenge is involved with connecting a very declarative under the hood plugin architecture, to a more imperitive fluid configuration for users. We would love all the great ideas we can get!
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