Certain modules we rely on, such as React, have checks for NODE_ENV to change behavior between development and production environments. In practice, when React is in development mode, it tends to perform quite a bit worse than when it runs in production mode.
We should add logic to copy the shell env var NODE_ENV in to webpack, and ensure that when npm run web-release is called, NODE_ENV is set to production
Certain modules we rely on, such as React, have checks for
NODE_ENVto change behavior between development and production environments. In practice, when React is in development mode, it tends to perform quite a bit worse than when it runs in production mode.We should add logic to copy the shell env var
NODE_ENVin to webpack, and ensure that whennpm run web-releaseis called,NODE_ENVis set toproduction