v5.84.0

New Features

• SourceMapDevToolPlugin now supports append option as a function by @snitin315 in #17252

Bug Fixes

• Fix multiple bugs referencing class names when shadowed by import name in properties and methods by @alexander-akait in #17233
• Allow DefinePlugin shorthand property by @shamoilarsi in #17231
• [CSS] - Fix edge cases in parsing @import by @alexander-akait in #17229

Developer Experience

• Increase type coverage for serialization classes by @alexander-akait in #17243
• Increase type coverage for JavascriptParser and ModuleDependency subclasses by @alexander-akait in #17236
• Increase type coverage to strict-mode quality for Configuration/Normalization objects by @alexander-akait in #17247
• Refactor duplicate strings by replacing them with constant for webpack_require instead of string literal by @burhanuday in #17228
• Add test case for with { type: "json" } by @alexander-akait in #17230
• Add test case for destructuring by @alexander-akait in #17248

Dependencies & Maintenance

• Add GitHub discussions badge in README by @snitin315 in #17251
• Bump enhanced-resolve to 5.14.1 by @TheLarkInn in #17257
• Bump @types/node from 20.1.7 to 20.2.0 by @dependabot in #17219
• Bump @types/node from 20.2.0 to 20.2.1 by @dependabot in #17226
• Bump webpack-cli from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1 by @dependabot in #17164
• Bump eslint from 8.39.0 to 8.40.0 by @dependabot in #17148
• Bump @babel/core from 7.21.4 to 7.21.8 by @dependabot in #17126
• Bump @types/node from 20.2.1 to 20.2.3 by @dependabot in #17238
• Bump eslint from 8.40.0 to 8.41.0 by @dependabot in #17237

New Contributors

• @shamoilarsi made their first contribution in #17231

Full Changelog: v5.83.1...v5.84.0