When bundling JavaScript with Webpack, what does the @ symbol mean at the beginning of the require/import URL?

Question

I'm using Webpack to bundle my JavaScript application. I saw a developer during a talk that had a line similar to this:

var foo = require('@/foo/bar');

OR

import '@/foo/bar';

What does the @ symbol mean in this case? A co-worker thought that it might be a shortcut to node_modules, and it's extremely difficult to get good search results for this type of question due to ambiguity.

Answer 1

The @ character has no special meaning in Webpack unless you configure it so. I suppose, it was a private npm module.