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Author: JeremyBernier

README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 This is a React/Redux single page app that can be used as boilerplate for any starting project, or simply for educational purposes. 
 
+**NOTE: This boilerplate is years old (which in the frontend world is like decades old), and at this point is outdated. Webpack, Babel, React-Router, etc. all need to be upgraded (unfortunately not as trivial as changing versions). Thus I do not recommend using this boilerplate beyond simply being a reference.**
+
 ### Features:
 
 * Universal/Isomorphic rendering

webpack/development/dev.config.js

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ var webpack = require('webpack')
 const ROOT = '../..'
 const PORT = require(ROOT + '/config/serverConfig.json').PORT
 
-require('../symlinks')()
-
 var configVars = {
   NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify('development'),
   BROWSER: JSON.stringify(true)
@@ -24,6 +22,13 @@ module.exports = {
     filename: 'js/main.bundle.js',
     publicPath: `http://localhost:${PORT}/`
   },
+  resolve: {
+    alias: {
+      Src: path.join(__dirname, ROOT + '/src'),
+      Config: path.join(__dirname, ROOT + '/config'),
+    },
+    extensions: ['.js', '.jsx']
+  },
   plugins: [
     new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
       debug: true,

webpack/production/prod.config.js

@@ -6,17 +6,15 @@ var WebpackMd5Hash = require('webpack-md5-hash') //required for ChunkManifestPlu
 var ManifestPlugin = require('webpack-manifest-plugin')
 const ROOT = '../..'
 
-require('../symlinks')()
-
-const VERSION = require(ROOT + '/package.json').version || '0.0.0'
+// const VERSION = require(ROOT + '/package.json').version || '0.0.0'
 
 var configVars = {
   NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify('production'),
   BROWSER: JSON.stringify(true)
 }
 
 const config = require(ROOT + '/config/config.js')['production']
-const { STATIC_URL } = config
+// const { STATIC_URL } = config
 
 module.exports = {
   context: path.resolve(__dirname, ROOT),
@@ -41,6 +39,13 @@ module.exports = {
     filename: 'js/[name]_[chunkhash]_bundle.js',
     chunkFilename: 'js/[name]_[chunkhash]_chunk.js'
   },
+  resolve: {
+    alias: {
+      Src: path.join(__dirname, ROOT + '/src'),
+      Config: path.join(__dirname, ROOT + '/config'),
+    },
+    extensions: ['.js', '.jsx']
+  },
   plugins: [
     new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
       minimize: true,