<story><title>Webpack 2.2 – Release Candidate</title><url>https://medium.com/webpack/webpack-2-2-the-release-candidate-2e614d05d75f#.3nrnoh6zc</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>fiatjaf</author><text>This thing is so complicated and so full of magic and options and the documentation is so shallow, I can&amp;#x27;t find examples, can&amp;#x27;t get a tutorial that isn&amp;#x27;t uselessly superficial.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve tried using Webpack in its begginings, because React people only talked in Webpack terms, but then switched back to Browserify, which is simple, not magical and straightforward. I tried using Webpack again lately, with the bizarre Gatsby static site generator, and the failures are enourmous. I can&amp;#x27;t even understand how exactly does a loader work. Gatsby makes forced use of something called webpack-config or something like that, which is just a useless abstraction on top of the already confusing Webpack config.&lt;p&gt;Please, someone explain to me what does this thing do that Browserify can&amp;#x27;t.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thelarkinn</author><text>Hey sorry this was your first (or many) experience(s). If I can be of any help, I&amp;#x27;d recommend checking out our Concepts section which I authored for first-time users and those trying to understand the overall principles of loaders&amp;#x2F;plugins.&lt;p&gt;webpack.js.org&amp;#x2F;concepts</text></comment>
<story><title>Webpack 2.2 – Release Candidate</title><url>https://medium.com/webpack/webpack-2-2-the-release-candidate-2e614d05d75f#.3nrnoh6zc</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>fiatjaf</author><text>This thing is so complicated and so full of magic and options and the documentation is so shallow, I can&amp;#x27;t find examples, can&amp;#x27;t get a tutorial that isn&amp;#x27;t uselessly superficial.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve tried using Webpack in its begginings, because React people only talked in Webpack terms, but then switched back to Browserify, which is simple, not magical and straightforward. I tried using Webpack again lately, with the bizarre Gatsby static site generator, and the failures are enourmous. I can&amp;#x27;t even understand how exactly does a loader work. Gatsby makes forced use of something called webpack-config or something like that, which is just a useless abstraction on top of the already confusing Webpack config.&lt;p&gt;Please, someone explain to me what does this thing do that Browserify can&amp;#x27;t.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lobster_johnson</author><text>Complicated, you say? &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pbs.twimg.com&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;CxfCRzbVQAAXszJ.jpg:large&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pbs.twimg.com&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;CxfCRzbVQAAXszJ.jpg:large&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>