concatjs_devserver incorrectly depends on rules_webtesting

[mattem]

As seen by @farcaller, concatjs_devserver should not have a dependency on rules_webtesting.

[bduffany]

I ran into this too, worked around it by importing like this:

load("@npm//@bazel/concatjs/devserver:concatjs_devserver.bzl", concatjs_devserver = "concatjs_devserver_macro")

[bduffany]

Also, concatjs_devserver depends on @bazel_skylib: https://app.buildbuddy.io/invocation/7756c70e-91f1-492c-8ab1-3a794ffabd1c#log

[mattem]

Oh! That's a bug in packaging, nice find

[mattem]

Filed #2510 for packaging

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[ahahn95]

I'm still seeing this issue

[alexeagle]

The concatjs package is in "maintenance mode" so I don't think anyone is going to fix this.

[Mivr]

@alexeagle If concatjs is in maintenance mode what would you recommend as a bundler that follows the ibazel protocol?

[farcaller]

I made a patch to npm's liveserver that allows to use it with ibazel. I bundled it all with rollup.

[Mivr]

@farcaller Thank you for the preposition, I also found this: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/pull/2431/files (Webpack 5 serve using ibazel, I have not tested it though)

I am actually looking for a solution that is maintained, as the mentioned ones are nice but I do not expect to be able to file a bug and the bug to be fixed. Of course, a self-maintained solution is also an option, but it looks weird to have to write your own dev server rule in order to have any dev server at all, this is a problem mostly for POC or very small projects. I know bazel is not for small projects, but POC for large codebases are small and need quick solutions.

[farcaller]

I guess a good thing about liveserver is that it's pretty limited in what it does, so there's little to fix (in fact it's abandonware but still overwhelmingly popular). But yeah, I wasn't much excited about maintaining an ibazel patch.

[alexeagle]

aspect-build/rules_webpack has an ibazel-aware devserver.

Otherwise yeah it's a missing feature in general, I think big companies are rolling their own.

[Mivr]

@alexeagle Thank you very much these rules look great! I will definitely use these rules in a POC for the organization I work for.