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docs(guides): update getting-started to use ES6 syntax
jashtanna007 Oct 9, 2025
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Update src/content/guides/getting-started.mdx
jashtanna007 Oct 12, 2025
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docs(guides): add examples for mjs and cjs configs
jashtanna007 Oct 12, 2025
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fix(docs): refine config file extension labels to cjs
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28 changes: 24 additions & 4 deletions src/content/guides/getting-started.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -244,9 +244,26 @@ As of version 4, webpack doesn't require any configuration, but most projects wi
|- index.js
```

**webpack.config.js**
<CodeGroup>

```javascript
<CodeBlock label="webpack.config.mjs" active>

````javascript
import path from 'path';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';

const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));

export default {
entry: './src/index.js',
output: {
filename: 'main.js',
path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
},
};
</CodeBlock>

<CodeBlock label="webpack.config.cjs">
const path = require('path');

module.exports = {
Expand All @@ -256,7 +273,10 @@ module.exports = {
path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
},
};
```
</CodeBlock>

</CodeGroup>


Now, let's run the build again but instead using our new configuration file:

Expand All @@ -269,7 +289,7 @@ cacheable modules 530 KiB
./src/index.js 257 bytes [built] [code generated]
./node_modules/lodash/lodash.js 530 KiB [built] [code generated]
webpack 5.4.0 compiled successfully in 1934 ms
```
````

T> If a `webpack.config.js` is present, the `webpack` command picks it up by default. We use the `--config` option here only to show that you can pass a configuration of any name. This will be useful for more complex configurations that need to be split into multiple files.

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