webpack-constants.js

[electricessence]

Instead of strings in each webpack config file. Would you be opposed to having a constants file for paths, etc? If someone wants to change where files live or are deployed, this would simplify where to make the changes.

const path = require('path');

const PathFragments = Object.freeze({
    CLIENT: 'ClientApp',
    WEB: 'wwwroot',
    BUILD: 'dist',
    SOURCE: 'src'
});

const Paths = Object.freeze({
    client: Object.freeze({
        SOURCE: `${PathFragments.CLIENT}/${PathFragments.SOURCE}`,
        BUILD: `${PathFragments.CLIENT}/${PathFragments.BUILD}`
    }),
    web: Object.freeze({
        BUILD: `${PathFragments.WEB}/${PathFragments.BUILD}`
    })
});

const Roots = Object.freeze({
    PROJECT: __dirname,
    CLIENT: path.join(__dirname, PathFragments.CLIENT),
    CLIENT_SOURCE: path.join(__dirname, Paths.client.SOURCE),
    CLIENT_BUILD: path.join(__dirname, Paths.client.BUILD),
    WEB: path.join(__dirname, PathFragments.WEB),
    BUILD: path.join(__dirname, Paths.web.BUILD)
});

module.exports = Object.freeze({
    PathFragments: PathFragments,
    Paths: Paths,
    Roots: Roots
});

(Should live in the root of the project so the __dirname maps correctly.)

Just as an example. I didn't make a pull request because I wanted to get feedback first, and then ask what branch it should be submitted to.