How to use vue development mode with Django - django

Question

I don't know how to run development mode with Django. I'm running webpack and when I finish all the Vuejs work I just bundle all to a folder where Django serves It as a static file. I know taht I've to run webpack with mode development but that doens't work, It gives me a cannot found error.
I'd like to run Vuejs in development mode alongside with Django, how can I do that?
I'll share to you my project structure, my package.json and webpack config.
const path = require('path');
const VueLoaderPlugin = require('vue-loader/lib/plugin');
module.exports = {
entry: './frontend/Vue/main.js',
output: {
filename: 'build.js',
path: path.resolve(__dirname, './static/js'),
publicPath: '/static/js'
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.(js)$/,
exclude: /(node_modules)/,
use: [
{ loader: 'babel-loader' }
]
},
{
test: /\.(css|scss)/,
use: [
'style-loader'
]
},
{
test: /\.vue$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
loader: 'vue-loader'
}
]
},
devServer: {
// contentBase: ponerle la ruta del index de django
contentBase: path.join(__dirname, 'templates'),
watchContentBase: true,
historyApiFallback: true,
noInfo: true
},
plugins: [
new VueLoaderPlugin()
]
}
package.json
{
"name": "TuDistribuidora",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
"dev": "webpack-dev-server --mode development --port 9000 --open",
"build": "webpack --progress"
},
"repository": {
"type": "git",
"url": "git+https://github.com/EmiBuffet/TuDistribuidora.git"
},
"keywords": [],
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"bugs": {
"url": "https://github.com/EmiBuffet/TuDistribuidora/issues"
},
"homepage": "https://github.com/EmiBuffet/TuDistribuidora#readme",
"dependencies": {
"vue": "^2.6.11",
"vue-router": "^3.4.5",
"vuex": "^3.5.1"
},
"devDependencies": {
"#babel/core": "^7.11.1",
"babel-loader": "^8.1.0",
"babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
"node-sass": "^4.14.1",
"sass-loader": "^9.0.3",
"style-loader": "^1.2.1",
"vue-loader": "^15.9.3",
"vue-style-loader": "^4.1.2",
"vue-template-compiler": "^2.6.11",
"webpack": "^4.44.1",
"webpack-cli": "^3.3.12",
"webpack-dev-server": "^3.11.0",
"bulma": "^0.9.1"
}
}
project structure:

Answer 1

Using django-webpack-loader in your Django project in combination with webpack-bundle-tracker in your webpack build will provide the connection needed to alternate between production/dev Vue builds quickly. The bundle information will be recorded by webpack into a webpack-stats.json which will then be used by Django to fetch/load the correct bundles for a given view.
I have an article explaining step-by-step how to set up a project with the above techniques.
Good hacking!