Multiple commands in package.json

Question

This command: "start": "node server/server.js" starts my server, but before running this I also want a command to run automatically: 'webpack'.

I want to build a script that can be run with npm run someCommand - it should first run webpack in the terminal, followed by node server/server.js.

(I know how configure this with gulp, but I don't want to use it)

Answer 1

If I understood you correctly, you want firstly run webpack and after compile run nodejs. Maybe try this:

"start": "webpack && node server/server.js" 

Answer 2

The following should work:

"start": "webpack && node server/server.js" 

Though, for readability (and especially if you plan on adding additional tasks in the future), you may want to consider creating separate entries for each task and then calling each of those from start. Something like:

{     "init-assets": "webpack",     "init-server": "node server/server.js",     "start": "npm run init-assets && npm run init-server" }