API - Compilation Lifecycle

[wheresrhys]

i.e which compilation stages/events happen in which order, what they do by default, what properties are available within the handler, what they can be used to do, what they should/shouldn't be used to do, and how they relate to other bits of the lifecycle.

Flow diagrams (which really aid understanding of complex flows, and are sorely lacking in webpack 1 docs) would be a great addition too

PS. Excellent to hear that webpack 2 documentation is being given such careful thought

[TheLarkInn]

Yes I think this would be a great companion to the API - Plugins section, maybe a secondary companion to the complete API hooks.

@bebraw thoughts?

[bebraw]

Go for it. Great addition to plugin docs.

[SpaceK33z]

@TheLarkInn, just an idea, perhaps we could use the scheme that you used for readthesource here?

[TheLarkInn]

@sebastiandeutsch Can you make a web friendly png or jpeg of the UMD you created for me the other day?

[sebastiandeutsch]

@TheLarkInn yes sure. What's the width that you need?

[sebastiandeutsch]

@TheLarkInn here you go: http://imgur.com/a/JQIxm

[skipjack]

Related: #469 -- Maybe someone can take a stab at recreating that chart in mermaid? Also based on @bebraw's comment in #487 I think we need to make sure that image is still accurate for webpack 3.

[skipjack]

Just in case anyone comes across this -- @hulkish has expressed interest in tackling this one... I believe he'll be sharing some thoughts soon.

[hulkish]

@skipjack yes, I'm currently putting together a small script that will produce this in a way that's easily updatable.