Error loading css file in webpack

Question

i am trying to load a css file with webpack but i keep getting this error message as shown in the picuture.

i have done a lot of searching so please don't, all questions don't seem to fit my case.

below given are the various file am working with

package.json

{
  "name": "loading_files",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "compile": "webpack",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "css-loader": "^0.28.11",
    "lodash": "^4.17.5",
    "style-loader": "^0.21.0",
    "webpack": "^4.6.0",
    "webpack-cli": "^2.0.14"
   }
}

webpack.config.js

"use strict"

let path = require("path");

module.exports = {
  mode: "development",
  entry: "./src/index.js",

  output: {
    filename: 'bundler.js',
    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
  },
 module:{
   rules: [
            {
              test: "/\.css$/",
              use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"]
            }
         ]
       }
 }

index.js

import _ from 'lodash';
import css from './index.css';

function component() {
  var element = document.createElement('div');
  element.innerHTML = _.join(['Hello', 'webpack'], ' ');
  element.classList.add('hello');
  return element;
}

document.body.appendChild(component());

index.css

.hello{
  color: red;


 }

am currently using webpack v4.6.0 and npm v5.0.0

Ru Chern Chong · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-22 08:33:54Z

2

In your webpack.config.js,

please remove the "" from the regex expression.

// Whatever else you got here
rules: [
    {
      test: /\.css$/,
      use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"]
    }
]

answered Apr 22, 2018 at 8:33

Ru Chern Chong

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wokoro douye samuel Over a year ago

thanks alot @Ru, so why didn't it work with "/\.css$/" ??

Ru Chern Chong Over a year ago

Hi @lilfancy Regex does not work with "". I believe "" will cause the regex expression to become a string instead of a regex.

Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-21 07:28:50Z

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Your webpack config file should not have the file extension .json. Please change the extension to .js

Also, you need to tell webpack, that you want to use a config file and give it the path to this file. In your package.json, please modify the following prop:

{
   scripts: {
      "compile": "webpack --config webpack.config.js",
   }
}

answered Apr 21, 2018 at 7:28

Daniel

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wokoro douye samuel Over a year ago

Thanks for the reply, I would do the corrections and get back to you @Daniel

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