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Jon

ClojureScript Developer.

Mar 22, 2016

I use Figwheel a lot in my personal projects, it's like Webpack, but it appears that they have some difference. In Figwheel code is replaced directly and I don't have to handle the propagation. Amok is more like Figwheel and it just patches code at runtime. I mean it sounds they(Figwheel, Amok) are superior that we don't need to configure very much to make HMR work. Will Webpack update the HMR in the future?

Juho Vepsäläinen

SurviveJS

Mar 30, 2016

It's quite possible this problem will be solved by tooling that wraps webpack and hides some of the complexity. You can see indications of this in form of tools like nwb or kotatsu. I don't see any definite winner yet, but no doubt some of these projects will become insanely popular once the stars align.

Tobias Koppers

Mar 30, 2016

I don't know how how HMR with figwheel works, but Amok is a great addition to the live update ecosystem.

It work fundamental different than webpacks HMR. Amok uses the Chrome API to update code in place. It work at a very low level of the JS runtime.

webpacks HMR is a pure JS solution, which is browser independent.

Will Webpack update the HMR in the future?

Currently I see to need to change HMR. It's working fine and I like it as pure JS solution.