The minified bundle.js for the boilerplate is 600kb. I would recommend gzipping, and packing fonts to a separate bundle.
A webpack boilerplate for a production-ready marketing website
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Re: A webpack boilerplate for a production-ready marketing website
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm really curious about the niche you're targeting. Let me try to figure it out: people that can code a static page and use a static generator (know markup languages, maybe tempting languages, can use the command line) and people who can't use an FTP app and haven't heard of Git/Github pages. How big is the intersection of these sets of people? I would be surprised if it's more than a handful. I'm not trying to soun…
> people who can't use an FTP app and haven't heard of Git/Github pages. I would also add S3 to that list. I host my (admittedly low-traffic) blog on S3 with CloudFront as a CDN for <$2/month.
why wouldn't you do it free on github pages?
Re: A webpack boilerplate for a production-ready marketing website
#23If you need an easy place to host your static html marketing website, check out http://www.statichosting.co/ . It's $5 a month and you can upload your site via zip file or command line. Disclaimer: it's my service. I'd love to answer any questions you have.
One comment: The action button at the bottom looks like an ad. I missed it because I unconsciously disregarded it.
Even after reading this comment I still mentally classified that box as an ad and ignored it.
Re: A webpack boilerplate for a production-ready marketing website
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
> people who can't use an FTP app and haven't heard of Git/Github pages. I would also add S3 to that list. I host my (admittedly low-traffic) blog on S3 with CloudFront as a CDN for <$2/month.
why wouldn't you do it free on github pages?
NSA backs up your data for free.
Re: A webpack boilerplate for a production-ready marketing website
#25Webpack is such a useful tool. These boilerplates are a nice way to get started. P.S. I found a little typo in the config code and sent you a pull request with the fix.
Thanks. Merged.
Re: A webpack boilerplate for a production-ready marketing website
#26This looks cool. I've never used webpack, but this seems like a good place to start.
I'm a bit confused about the choice of package inclusions though. Waypoints.js and scrollTo.js both feel like pretty opinionated choices. That is, it seems like you have a particular idea in mind for the UI based on the inclusion of those packages, but the UI is empty.
I think the inclusion of a (not overly complex) UI that makes interesting use of the packages you included would help this project get a lot of traction, in that it would more viscerally demonstrate that the user can go from nothing to a pretty decent website in ~10 seconds.
Re: A webpack boilerplate for a production-ready marketing website
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
> people who can't use an FTP app and haven't heard of Git/Github pages. I would also add S3 to that list. I host my (admittedly low-traffic) blog on S3 with CloudFront as a CDN for <$2/month.
why wouldn't you do it free on github pages?
I prefer S3 and CloudFront for various reasons, and <$2/month is so close to free that it doesn't matter.
Re: A webpack boilerplate for a production-ready marketing website
#28This looks cool. I've never used webpack, but this seems like a good place to start. I'm a bit confused about the choice of package inclusions though. Waypoints.js and scrollTo.js both feel like pretty opinionated choices. That is, it seems like you have a particular idea in mind for the UI based on the inclusion of those packages, but the UI is empty. I think the inclusion of a (not overly complex) UI that makes int…
Since a lot of people asking for production/demo page/screenshot, I've added an example page as the default dev environment: https://github.com/geniuscarrier/webpack-boilerplate
Re: A webpack boilerplate for a production-ready marketing website
#29Seems cool, if you have this in production it would be awesome to have a link in the readme. A screenshot is the next best thing. On mobile, supet tough to get a sense for what it is. I am familiar with the toolset, but a "production" website push to start would be pretty helpful if it was well done. I have no idea what this looks like on mobile, and even downloading the repo and running it without a screenshot might…
Added a gif screenshot: https://github.com/geniuscarrier/webpack-boilerplate
Re: A webpack boilerplate for a production-ready marketing website
#30Anyone got a screenshot for the lazy?