Webpack development server does not seem to work (...

# javascript

[Mihai Voicescu]

Webpack development server does not seem to work (with only the Idea new react project wizard and webpack version 4)

Any ideas why?

Waiting for changes to input files of tasks... (ctrl-d to exit)
⚠ ｢wdm｣: Hash: 4767918b5ca4297d4a2b
Version: webpack 4.46.0
Time: 6223ms
Built at: 11/11/2021 9:59:04 AM
            Asset      Size  Chunks             Chunk Names
remote-app-web.js  6.05 MiB    main  [emitted]  main
Entrypoint main = remote-app-web.js
[0] multi (webpack)-dev-server/client?<http://localhost:8080> ./kotlin/remote-app-web.js 40 bytes {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/process/browser.js] /Users/mihaivo/IdeaProjects/remote-app-web/build/js/node_modules/process/browser.js 5.29 KiB {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/react-dom/index.js] /Users/mihaivo/IdeaProjects/remote-app-web/build/js/node_modules/react-dom/index.js 1.33 KiB {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/react/index.js] /Users/mihaivo/IdeaProjects/remote-app-web/build/js/node_modules/react/index.js 190 bytes {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/styled-components/dist/styled-components.browser.esm.js] /Users/mihaivo/IdeaProjects/remote-app-web/build/js/node_modules/styled-components/dist/styled-components.browser.esm.js 26.3 KiB {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/index.js?<http://localhost:8080>] (webpack)-dev-server/client?<http://localhost:8080> 4.29 KiB {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/overlay.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/overlay.js 3.51 KiB {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/socket.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/socket.js 1.53 KiB {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/utils/createSocketUrl.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/utils/createSocketUrl.js 2.91 KiB {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/utils/log.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/utils/log.js 964 bytes {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/utils/reloadApp.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/utils/reloadApp.js 1.59 KiB {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/utils/sendMessage.js] (webpack)-dev-server/client/utils/sendMessage.js 402 bytes {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/webpack-dev-server/node_modules/strip-ansi/index.js] (webpack)-dev-server/node_modules/strip-ansi/index.js 161 bytes {main} [built]
[../../node_modules/webpack/hot sync ^\.\/log$] (webpack)/hot sync nonrecursive ^\.\/log$ 170 bytes {main} [built]
[./kotlin/remote-app-web.js] 1.85 MiB {main} [built] [238 warnings]
    + 39 hidden modules

[Mihai Voicescu]

My firewall was blocking access to 8080 🙂. Changed to 3000 and it's working.