RFC: Changing how we handle Webpack Building

[sharvit]

Updates

Created a new monorepo foreman-js using lerna with the following packages:

• @theforeman/vendor-core@v0.1.0-alpha.1
  • Contains the vendor node_modules in the package.json
  • Exports:
    1. https://github.com/sharvit/foreman-js/blob/master/packages/vendor-core/index.js
       1. https://github.com/sharvit/foreman-js/blob/master/packages/vendor-core/lib/vendorModules.js
          From this file we will generate the actual dist files, it will be used from vendor and vendor-dev
    2. https://github.com/sharvit/foreman-js/tree/master/packages/vendor-core/scss
• @theforeman/vendor-dev@v0.1.0-alpha.1
  • Includes vendor-core as dependency
  • Exports
    1. babel-preset: https://github.com/sharvit/foreman-js/blob/master/packages/vendor-dev/babel.preset.js
    2. eslint-rules: https://github.com/sharvit/foreman-js/blob/master/packages/vendor-dev/eslint.extends.js
• @theforeman/vendor@v0.1.0-alpha.1
  • Includes vendor-core as devDependency
  • Exports
    1. dist folder with manifest.json and bundled js, css files
    2. webpack-plugin: https://github.com/sharvit/foreman-js/blob/master/packages/vendor/webpack.plugin.js
    3. scss variables and mixins

Created a new draft PR that integrates with @theforeman/vendor and @theforeman/vendor-dev:

Migrate to @theforeman/vendor and @theforeman/vendor-dev pkg