Why delete the webpack.app.js

[Rustin170506]

"webpack": "webpack --mode production --config webpack.browser.js",
"webpack-browser": "webpack --mode production --config webpack.browser.js",
"webpack-compat": "webpack --mode production --config webpack.compat.js",
"webpack-app": "webpack --mode production --config webpack.app.js"

why delete these files ?

[pinheadmz]

I think it's likely because webpack isn't listed as a dependency in package.json, an there is an overall motivation to reduce dependencies in general. Also the bcoin developers have produced bpkg: https://github.com/chjj/bpkg which replaces webpack

[Rustin170506]

I think it's likely because webpack isn't listed as a dependency in package.json, an there is an overall motivation to reduce dependencies in general. Also the bcoin developers have produced bpkg: https://github.com/chjj/bpkg which replaces webpack

But the docs not have any explanation about this, and such as run in browser must have these file. So I think this is weird.

[pinheadmz]

Well, luckily GitHub will preserve those webpack configs for all eternity in this old commit: https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin/tree/6f1a561db5fdc3c19387f8bff9759e090d7911aa

I am currently writing a new guide for bcoin.io that explains how to use bpkg instead of webpack, you might be interested in checking that out.

If you want to play with bcoin-in-a-browser, we maintain a webhost and proxy server here: http://bcoin.io/browser/

And then again, as for the motivation for clearing out the webpack config files, we'll have to ask @chjj

[nodech]

I commented this on #310 PR.

If you are using bcoin as a library, bcoin webpack configurations wont be respected.
If you want to deploy bcoin as a standalone app then you can use bpkg.