# Discourse-webpack: A boilerplate for developing JS-heavy Discourse components

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-webpack-a-boilerplate-for-developing-js-heavy-discourse-components/111750
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [15 maart 2019 om 23:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-webpack-a-boilerplate-for-developing-js-heavy-discourse-components/111750 "2019-03-15T23:03:50Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [3 juni 2019 om 10:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-webpack-a-boilerplate-for-developing-js-heavy-discourse-components/111750/8 "2019-06-03T10:26:54Z")

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Discourse now has native support for “JS heavy” theme components

> [@Split up theme Javascript into multiple files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/splitting-up-theme-javascript-into-multiple-files/119369):
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> Complex theme javascript can be split into multiple files, to keep things nicely organised. To use this functionality, simply add files to the /javascripts folder in your theme directory. These files can not be edited from the Discourse UI, so you must use the [Theme CLI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-theme-cli-console-app-to-help-you-build-themes/82950) or [source the theme from git](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-source-a-theme-from-a-private-git-repository/82584). Javascript files are treated exactly the same as they are in core/plugins, so you should follow the same file/folder structure. Theme files are loaded after core/plugins, so if the filenames match,…

@labofoz I would be interested to know whether you think this is enough to avoid the need for discourse-webpack?

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