Webpack 2: The Complete Developer's Guide (Udemy.com)
Master Webpack 2 as you deploy web apps supported by Babel, code splitting, and ES2015 Modules.
Created by: Stephen Grider
Last updated February 2026
What you will learn
- Understand the purpose of Webpack in a modern web app
- Build custom boilerplate projects to serve ES2015 Javascript
- Deploy Webpack-based projects to AWS, Heroku, and more
- Enhance the performance of web apps by leveraging Webpack's ecosystem of plugins
- Enhance code organization through the use of ES2015 JS Modules
How it compares
Against the other 815 rated Udemy courses in Web Development on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 86% of them
- Reviews5,353#41 of 816 by number of reviews
- Length5.5 hoursshorter than 59% of them
- Last updatedFebruary 2026more recently than 74% of them
Course Description
Webpack is the premier build tool for React and Angular 2 applications.
Deployment? Covered. Performance optimizations? We got it. Custom boilerplate creation? Its here!
Webpack is notorious for being tricky to configure correctly. In this course you'll master each major feature of Webpack and learn how to optimize it for your own app. Webpack has a wealth of fancy features, but each requires in depth knowledge of how they work. This course is the most comprehensive Webpack course you'll find online, and the only full course on the popular version 2 edition of Webpack.
This course will get you up and running quickly, and teach you the core knowledge you need to deeply understand and build Webpack-based projects.
Tired of downloading boilerplates packages with no idea how to change them?
React and Angular 2 have seen standalone boilerplate packages flourish, but they come with dense configuration setups that make them challenging to change. With the experience you gain in this course you'll be able to customize your projects to suit your particular needs.
So much content!
- Learn the difference between ES2015 and CommonJS module systems
- Load ES2015 code with Webpack's Babel Loader
- Use Webpack to automatically resize and compress images for optimal load times
- Implement code splitting to dramatically decrease load times
- Learn to tweak your React project to work perfectly with Webpack
- Master versioning of your application to reduce the amount of code your users download
- Deploy your application to AWS, Heroku, Github Pages, or Surge
Webpack can be confusing to learn, but after taking this course you'll understand that it is a tool that requires just a bit of concentration to master. Once you hear my explanations of Webpack, you'll come to realize that each concept is straightforward, and only requires the smallest touch of patience to comprehend. No filler here, just laser focus on the most important aspects of Webpack.
I always build courses I would want to take, and this is no exception. Every topic is explained in great detail with accompanying diagrams and examples. You'll learn the back story of each feature and learn where to apply them to solve real world problems.
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
5,353 Reviews
Stephen Grider
Stephen Grider has been building complex Javascript front ends for top corporations in the San Francisco Bay Area. With an innate ability to simplify complex topics, Stephen has been mentoring engineers beginning their careers in software development for years, and has now expanded that experience onto Udemy, authoring the highest rated React course. He teaches on Udemy to share the knowledge he has gained with other software engineers. Invest in yourself by learning from Stephen's published courses.
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Reviews
By Samandeep Kaur on 11/21/2020
Stephen is an angel...
By Christopher Evan White on 11/7/2020
I've already learned a few things. It's difficult to judge an entire course from the first 4 videos.
By Angelie on 10/14/2020
Instructor speaks clearly and examples are simple to follow without any knowledge in Javascript with focus on Webpack. Examples need update because some features are longer worked.
By Aaron Bell on 9/22/2020
It was a great course that gave a good overview of Webpack, why to use it and how to use it, but the minor issue is that a lot of the packages used are outdated so it was a bit fiddly to set up sometimes because recommended plugin packages had changed names since then and some versions of things didn't work with others.
By Sarang Jamgaonkar on 9/20/2020
nice material.
By Sunny Singh on 9/6/2020
All of the topics flow very well together and clearly explained. I can't wait for when the course gets updated for Webpack v5. Definitely going to come back to this course and check it out.
By IT ... on 9/6/2020
So far, so good! It definitely requires an updated. But the concepts are explained very well
By Alex Lee on 9/2/2020
It's been a good course, covering a lot of good examples and high level overviews.
By Madou D. on 8/10/2020
Great teacher with natural teaching abilities. Many people are complaining about the course being "outdated" although it is clearly stated to be a Webpack 2 course so personally, I have no problem with that. It gave me a solid understanding of webpack concepts, and I will go from there to master the lastest version by looking at the documentation. Anyway, the course was a pleasure to follow !
By Juliet Shin on 8/8/2020
The training covers all the basics, which is nice.
Some module versions have changed since this training was created, so I had some version compatibility issues that I had to resolve.
By Harald Melcher on 8/3/2020
#NAME?
By Nnamdi Ujah on 8/2/2020
i gave it a three and a half rating because although it actually is really good content and he goes through each step carefully, it is an outdated course and most of the things he does are deprecated. it was frustrating having to troubleshoot after each video .
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