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I'm not a specialist in Vite, I just began using Vite.
But yes you can something similar with Vite.
Why wouldn't it be possible ?
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Hello Everyone,
We have a existing project based on bootstrap + HTML + SCSS. Is it the right choice to move into vite?
Here is our webpack mix file.
const { EnvironmentPlugin } = require('webpack');
const mix = require('laravel-mix');
const glob = require('glob');
const path = require('path');
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Configure mix
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
mix.options({
resourceRoot: process.env.ASSET_URL || undefined,
processCssUrls: false,
postCss: [require('autoprefixer')]
});
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Configure Webpack
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
mix.webpackConfig({
output: {
publicPath: process.env.ASSET_URL || undefined,
libraryTarget: 'window'
},
plugins: [
new EnvironmentPlugin({
// Application's public url
BASE_URL: process.env.ASSET_URL ? `${process.env.ASSET_URL}/` : '/'
})
],
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.es6$|\.js$/,
include: [
path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules/bootstrap/'),
path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules/popper.js/'),
path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules/shepherd.js/')
],
loader: 'babel-loader',
options: {
presets: [['@babel/preset-env', { targets: 'last 2 versions, ie >= 10' }]],
plugins: [
'@babel/plugin-transform-destructuring',
'@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread',
'@babel/plugin-transform-template-literals'
],
babelrc: false
}
}
]
},
externals: {
jquery: 'jQuery',
moment: 'moment',
'datatables.net': '$.fn.dataTable',
jsdom: 'jsdom',
velocity: 'Velocity',
hammer: 'Hammer',
pace: '"pace-progress"',
chartist: 'Chartist',
'popper.js': 'Popper',
// blueimp-gallery plugin
'./blueimp-helper': 'jQuery',
'./blueimp-gallery': 'blueimpGallery',
'./blueimp-gallery-video': 'blueimpGallery'
}
});
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Vendor assets
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
function mixAssetsDir(query, cb) {
(glob.sync('resources/assets/' + query) || []).forEach(f => {
f = f.replace(/[\\/]+/g, '/');
cb(f, f.replace('resources/assets/', 'public/assets/'));
});
}
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Configure sass
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
const sassOptions = {
precision: 5
};
// Core stylesheets
mixAssetsDir('vendor/scss/**/!(_)*.scss', (src, dest) =>
mix.sass(src, dest.replace(/(\|\/)scss(\|\/)/, 'css').replace(/\.scss$/, '.css'), { sassOptions })
);
// Core javascripts
mixAssetsDir('vendor/js/**/*.js', (src, dest) => mix.js(src, dest));
// Libs
mixAssetsDir('vendor/libs/**/*.js', (src, dest) => mix.js(src, dest));
mixAssetsDir('vendor/libs/**/!(_)*.scss', (src, dest) =>
mix.sass(src, dest.replace(/\.scss$/, '.css'), { sassOptions })
);
mixAssetsDir('vendor/libs/**/*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif}', (src, dest) => mix.copy(src, dest));
// Copy task for form validation plugin as premium plugin don't have npm package
mixAssetsDir('vendor/libs/formvalidation/dist', (src, dest) => mix.copyDirectory(src, dest));
// Fonts
mixAssetsDir('vendor/fonts/*/*', (src, dest) => mix.copy(src, dest));
mixAssetsDir('vendor/fonts/!(_)*.scss', (src, dest) =>
mix.sass(src, dest.replace(/(\|\/)scss(\|\/)/, 'css').replace(/\.scss$/, '.css'), { sassOptions })
);
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application assets
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
mixAssetsDir('js/**/*.js', (src, dest) => mix.scripts(src, dest));
mixAssetsDir('css/**/*.css', (src, dest) => mix.copy(src, dest));
// laravel working crud app related js
mix.js('resources/js/laravel-user-management.js', 'public/js/');
mix.copy('node_modules/boxicons/fonts/*', 'public/assets/vendor/fonts/boxicons');
mix.copy('node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/webfonts/*', 'public/assets/vendor/fonts/fontawesome');
mix.version();
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Browsersync Reloading
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| BrowserSync can automatically monitor your files for changes, and inject your changes into the browser without requiring a manual refresh.
| You may enable support for this by calling the mix.browserSync() method:
| Make Sure to run `php artisan serve` and `yarn watch` command to run Browser Sync functionality
| Refer official documentation for more information: https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/mix#browsersync-reloading
*/
mix.browserSync('http://127.0.0.1:8000/');
Is it possible to achieve the same things in Vite?
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