webpack resolve alias for relative paths

README.md

How to use webpack resolve-alias to solve relative paths.

npm install
mkdir -p src/components/Header
mv index.jsx src/components/Header
mkdir -p src/utils
mv myUtils.js src/utils
npm run build

index.js

import Header from 'myApp/components/Header'; 

index.jsx

// NOTE: MUST BE IN src/components/Header/
import { twice } from 'myApp/utils/myUtils';

console.log(twice(3));

const Header = {};

export default Header;

myUtils.js

// NOTE: MUST BE IN src/utils/
export const twice = x => x * x;

package.json

{
  "name": "test-webpack-alias",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Alias relative paths",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "build": "webpack -w"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "dreyescat",
  "license": "MIT",
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-core": "^6.7.4",
    "babel-loader": "^6.2.4",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.6.0",
    "babel-preset-stage-1": "^6.5.0",
    "webpack": "^1.12.14"
  }
}

webpack.config.js

var path = require('path');

module.exports = {
  entry: './index',
  output: {
    path: __dirname,
    filename: 'bundle.js'
  },
  module: {
    loaders: [
      {
        test: /\.jsx?$/,
        loader: 'babel',
        exclude: /node_modules/,
        query: {
          presets: ['es2015']
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  resolve: {
    alias: {
      myApp: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src'),
    },
    extensions: ['', '.js', '.jsx']
  }
};