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docs(splash): run the build instead of naming the hashes #8410

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docs(splash): run the build instead of naming the hashes
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docs(splash): say what each mode does to the output
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docs(optimization): point the bail link at the option's own page
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docs(splash): give each mode its own command and description
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions src/components/Splash/build/development.mdx
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```bash
npx webpack --mode development
```
3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions src/components/Splash/build/production.mdx
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```bash
npx webpack --mode production
```
3 changes: 0 additions & 3 deletions src/components/Splash/second/left.mdx
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output: {
// the page loads a `<script type="module">`, so emit ES modules to match
module: true,
filename: "[contenthash].js",
cssFilename: "[contenthash].css",
htmlFilename: "[name].html",
},
};
```
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/components/Splash/second/right.mdx
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<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>My App</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="725d71b1a0d330cfd1ad.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
</head>
<body>
<script type="module" src="91b32a0aad9e59b71d57.js"></script>
<script type="module" src="index.mjs"></script>
</body>
</html>
```
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/content/configuration/optimization.mdx
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};
```

W> If you are using webpack [CLI](/api/cli/), the webpack process will not exit with an error code while this plugin is enabled. If you want webpack to "fail" when using the CLI, please check out the [`bail` option](/api/cli/#advanced-options).
W> If you are using webpack [CLI](/api/cli/), the webpack process will not exit with an error code while this plugin is enabled. If you want webpack to "fail" when using the CLI, please check out the [`bail` option](/configuration/other-options/#bail).

## optimization.avoidEntryIife

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import SecondLeft from "../components/Splash/second/left.mdx";
import SecondRight from "../components/Splash/second/right.mdx";
import Install from "../components/Splash/install/install.mdx";
import BuildDevelopment from "../components/Splash/build/development.mdx";
import BuildProduction from "../components/Splash/build/production.mdx";

## Install Webpack

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</div>
</div>

Then run `webpack` on the command-line: HTML, CSS and JavaScript are all handled by webpack itself, so `dist/` ends up with the page and the hashed assets it points at.
Then run webpack on the command-line. HTML, CSS and JavaScript are all handled by webpack itself, so `dist/` ends up with the page and the assets it points at.

<div className="splash__wrap">
<div className="splash__install">
<BuildDevelopment />
</div>
</div>

[`--mode development`](/configuration/mode/) leaves the page and the stylesheet unminified and maps the bundle back to your own files in browser devtools, so what you debug looks like what you wrote.

<div className="splash__wrap">
<div className="splash__install">
<BuildProduction />
</div>
</div>

[`--mode production`](/configuration/mode/) minifies the page, the stylesheet and the script, and drops the code nothing uses. That is the build you deploy.

## Awesome, isn't it? Let's dive in!

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