Provide info on how to fix `Module build failed: Unrecognised input`

[bebraw]

This is the classic "loader doesn't match input" case. Webpack spews out Module build failed: Unrecognised input then.

Providing better information on how to fix this might go beyond the scope of webpack-validator, but I want to have the idea somewhere. The problem is that this is a check relying on Webpack output. If I remember right, stats might have this information on error. Perhaps a stats related tool would be the right place for this.

The issue comes up particularly with newbies so it would be cool to provide something little better here.

[jonathanglasmeyer]

What about creating a new project called "webpack-build-analyzer" or "webpack-analyzer" that analyzses stats/errors ? This would allow a clear separation of concerns. webpack-validator just looks at config, analyzer looks at stuff after build.

[jonathanglasmeyer]

So webpack-build-size-analyzer is taken, webpack-analyzer has a package on npm as well, but seems quite unmaintained. mmh.

[jonathanglasmeyer]

I created a repo to collect these ideas. Name can be bike-shedded about, this is just to get this started.

[bebraw]

Cool. Thanks.