Clearing console before build in Webpack

Question

I'm using webpack 3 and I'd like to know is there any way to clear webpack-dev-server console before webpack rebuild.

Answer 1

This can be done using the clean-terminal-webpack-plugin npm module.

Using this webpack plugin is supprisenly easy, as there is no configuration required for this module, you just have to add the plugin to the list of plugins in webpack.

Instructions from the readme of the npm module:

Usage

Via webpack config file:

// webpack.config.js

const CleanTerminalPlugin = require('clean-terminal-webpack-plugin');

module.exports = {
  plugins: [new CleanTerminalPlugin()]
};