Installation Webpack Encore bundle Symfony4.4
Before staring installation of Webpack Encore bundle, Let’s take a look in Why this bundle need to be install ?
- In earlier version of symfony ( till 3.4 ) we used Assetic Bundle for provides integration of the Assetic library into the Symfony framework.
- As of Symfony 4.0, Symfony applications Deprecated this Bundle from Symfony Application.
- CAUTION: Now, Symfony applications should use Webpack Encore , instead of Assetic Bundle.
First, make sure you install Node.js and also the Yarn package manager. The following instructions depend on whether you are installing Encore in a Symfony application or not.
Step 1: Install Node.js
https://nodejs.org/en/download/ Form here, you can down load Node.js for WindowOs as well as MacOs.
Step 2: Yarn Installation
You can install yarn via below command…
npm install -g yarn
Should you later want to update Yarn to the latest version, just run:
yarn set version latest
Step 3: Installing Encore in Symfony Applications
Run these commands to install both the PHP and JavaScript dependencies in your project:
- composer require symfony/webpack-encore-bundle
- yarn install
If you are using Symfony Flex, this will install and enable the WebpackEncoreBundle, create the assets/
directory, add a webpack.config.js
file, and add node_modules/
to .gitignore
. You can skip the rest of this article and go write your first JavaScript and CSS by reading Encore: Setting up your Project!
If you are not using Symfony Flex, you’ll need to create all these directories and files by yourself…
Step 4: Configuring Encore/Webpack
Everything in Encore is configured via a webpack.config.js
file at the root of your project. It already holds the basic config you need:
The key part is addEntry()
: this tells Encore to load the assets/app.js
file and follow all of the require()
statements. It will then package everything together and – thanks to the first app
argument – output final app.js
and app.css
files into the public/build
directory.
To build the assets, run:
Congrats! You now have three new files:
public/build/app.js
(holds all the JavaScript for your “app” entry)public/build/app.css
(holds all the CSS for your “app” entry)public/build/runtime.js
(a file that helps Webpack do its job)
Next, include these in your base layout file. Two Twig helpers from WebpackEncoreBundle can do most of the work for you:
-
{{ encore_entry_link_tags('app') }} & {{ encore_entry_script_tags('app') }}
{{ encore_entry_link_tags('app') }}
(For css complied){{ encore_entry_script_tags('app') }}
(For js complied)
For Example..
Compiling Only a CSS File
If you want to only compile a CSS file, that’s possible via addStyleEntry()
:
This will output a new some_page.css
.
Conclusion: I hope this tutorial helpful for you, if you have any issue regarding this blog, please comment below, we’ll be soon back to you.
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