thanks for taking the time to look at this. Here's the issue at hand:
I am building a desktop application using ElectronJS and React. But every time that I load the project, I get these annoying warnings about sourcemaps in the console:
I know that the manual solution is to go into the dev tool settings every time I run the project and uncheck these boxes:
However, is there a way to configure this so I don't have to do this each time I load the project? It's very cumbersome and annoying.
In case you need it, here are my package.json scripts (I use "app" to run it)
"scripts": {
"app": "concurrently \"cross-env BROWSER=none npm start\" \"wait-on http://localhost:3000 && electron .\" \"npm run watch-css\"",
"start": "react-scripts start",
"build": "react-scripts build",
"test": "react-scripts test",
"build-css": "node-sass ./src/css/sass_css/ -o ./src/css/vanilla_css/",
"watch-css": "nodemon -e scss -x \"npm run build-css\"",
"eject": "react-scripts eject"
},
Yes I used create-react-app. Added my webpack config:
#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
* @param {string} command process to run
* @param {string[]} args command line arguments
* @returns {Promise<void>} promise
*/
const runCommand = (command, args) => {
const cp = require("child_process");
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const executedCommand = cp.spawn(command, args, {
stdio: "inherit",
shell: true
});
executedCommand.on("error", error => {
reject(error);
});
executedCommand.on("exit", code => {
if (code === 0) {
resolve();
} else {
reject();
}
});
});
};
/**
* @param {string} packageName name of the package
* @returns {boolean} is the package installed?
*/
const isInstalled = packageName => {
if (process.versions.pnp) {
return true;
}
const path = require("path");
const fs = require("graceful-fs");
let dir = __dirname;
do {
try {
if (
fs.statSync(path.join(dir, "node_modules", packageName)).isDirectory()
) {
return true;
}
} catch (_error) {
// Nothing
}
} while (dir !== (dir = path.dirname(dir)));
return false;
};
/**
* @param {CliOption} cli options
* @returns {void}
*/
const runCli = cli => {
const path = require("path");
const pkgPath = require.resolve(`${cli.package}/package.json`);
// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-missing-require
const pkg = require(pkgPath);
// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-missing-require
require(path.resolve(path.dirname(pkgPath), pkg.bin[cli.binName]));
};
/**
* @typedef {Object} CliOption
* @property {string} name display name
* @property {string} package npm package name
* @property {string} binName name of the executable file
* @property {boolean} installed currently installed?
* @property {string} url homepage
*/
/** @type {CliOption} */
const cli = {
name: "webpack-cli",
package: "webpack-cli",
binName: "webpack-cli",
installed: isInstalled("webpack-cli"),
url: "https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli"
};
if (!cli.installed) {
const path = require("path");
const fs = require("graceful-fs");
const readLine = require("readline");
const notify =
"CLI for webpack must be installed.\n" + ` ${cli.name} (${cli.url})\n`;
console.error(notify);
let packageManager;
if (fs.existsSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), "yarn.lock"))) {
packageManager = "yarn";
} else if (fs.existsSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), "pnpm-lock.yaml"))) {
packageManager = "pnpm";
} else {
packageManager = "npm";
}
const installOptions = [packageManager === "yarn" ? "add" : "install", "-D"];
console.error(
`We will use "${packageManager}" to install the CLI via "${packageManager} ${installOptions.join(
" "
)} ${cli.package}".`
);
const question = `Do you want to install 'webpack-cli' (yes/no): `;
const questionInterface = readLine.createInterface({
input: process.stdin,
output: process.stderr
});
// In certain scenarios (e.g. when STDIN is not in terminal mode), the callback function will not be
// executed. Setting the exit code here to ensure the script exits correctly in those cases. The callback
// function is responsible for clearing the exit code if the user wishes to install webpack-cli.
process.exitCode = 1;
questionInterface.question(question, answer => {
questionInterface.close();
const normalizedAnswer = answer.toLowerCase().startsWith("y");
if (!normalizedAnswer) {
console.error(
"You need to install 'webpack-cli' to use webpack via CLI.\n" +
"You can also install the CLI manually."
);
return;
}
process.exitCode = 0;
console.log(
`Installing '${
cli.package
}' (running '${packageManager} ${installOptions.join(" ")} ${
cli.package
}')...`
);
runCommand(packageManager, installOptions.concat(cli.package))
.then(() => {
runCli(cli);
})
.catch(error => {
console.error(error);
process.exitCode = 1;
});
});
} else {
runCli(cli);
}


create-react-app, in which case you can try this: marmelab.com/blog/2021/07/22/cra-webpack-no-eject.html The option to generate sourcemaps in Webpack is calleddevtool, try setting it to 'none'.webpack.config.js. It should be located within the root (top level) directory of your project. See Webpack Configuration for more information. As @Slbox mentioned, thedevtool:option is of particular interest to us helping you with your question. See Devtool for more information.