Listing Objects in a View
Using the webpack dev server, itâs easy to quickly see the rendered output of statically served content. But how do you access web services like those we implemented in the last chapter?
Ideally, weâd have one Node.js server that serves the front-end static content and handles the API requests. Weâll achieve that in the next chapter, when we pull it all together, but for now theyâre two separate things.
Fortunately, the webpack dev server has a capability that can help us. By configuring proxies in the webpack.config.js file, we can have the webpack dev server reach out to API endpoints and forward the results.
Configuring a webpack-dev-server Proxy
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