Modify the code to require nodeExternals, and update the config object with the following in your webpack.config.server.js file to configure Webpack for bundling server-side code.
mern-simplesetup/webpack.config.server.js:
const config = { name: "server", entry: [ path.join(CURRENT_WORKING_DIR , './server/server.js') ], target: "node", output: { path: path.join(CURRENT_WORKING_DIR , '/dist/'), filename: "server.generated.js", publicPath: '/dist/', libraryTarget: "commonjs2" }, externals: [nodeExternals()], module: { rules: [ { test: /\.js$/, exclude: /node_modules/, use: [ 'babel-loader' ] } ] }}
The mode option is not set here explicitly but will be passed as required when running the Webpack commands with ...
