The latest articles on DEV Community by grasmachien (@grasmachien). https://dev.to/grasmachien https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F235648%2Fe9cebd8f-ee72-4262-9d15-302734fe8cd7.png https://dev.to/grasmachien en grasmachien Mon, 18 Nov 2019 23:00:08 +0000 https://dev.to/grasmachien/build-tool-maintenance-23gk https://dev.to/grasmachien/build-tool-maintenance-23gk <p>Hi,</p> <p>I find myself struggling with build tools more than I would care for.<br> This usually happens with projects that are a year old or older.<br> Modules break or become deprecated, causing the whole project to break down and prevent me and other people from working on it until we find the problem.</p> <p>I'm sure everyone knows this problem and has dealt with this before.<br> If we are lucky we can just upgrade the whole thing to the latest Webpack version and everything will work again.<br> Sometimes just removing the node_modules and run "npm install" does the trick.<br> Other times nothing seems to help, especially when there are both Mac and Windows users working on the project and using the same build tools.<br> Even in projects where I know the tools worked several months ago, something can go wrong and I have to spend hours searching for a solution.</p> <p>What are your thoughts on the build tools we generally use for web development? <br> Do you think everything would be easier if we went back if we stopped using them at all?</p> webpack npm productivity discuss