Enable cache loader

Author: Jannik Zschiesche

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     not linted. (`/node_modules/` etc are still excluded, of course.)
 *   (feature) Add option to polyfill core node packages in webpack.
 *   (bc) Remove `disableChunkSplitting()`, chunk splitting is now always disabled. Use code splitting instead.
+*   (improvement) Enable `cache-loader`, which might speed up the webpack build.
 
 
 8.1.0

package.json

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         "@becklyn/typescript-error-formatter": "^1.0.4",
         "babel-eslint": "^10.0.3",
         "babel-loader": "^8.0.6",
+        "cache-loader": "^4.1.0",
         "clean-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
         "core-js": "^3.3.6",
         "duplicate-package-checker-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",

src/Kaba.ts

@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ export class Kaba
             isModule ? "tsconfig.modern.json" : "tsconfig.legacy.json",
         );
 
-        let config = {
+        return {
             // entry
             entry: entries,
 
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ export class Kaba
                     {
                         test: /\.tsx?$/,
                         use: [
+                            'cache-loader',
                             babelLoader,
                             {
                                 loader: "ts-loader",
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ export class Kaba
                     // Babel
                     {
                         test: /\.m?jsx?$/,
-                        use: [babelLoader],
+                        use: ['cache-loader', babelLoader],
                     },
 
                     // content files
@@ -528,8 +529,6 @@ export class Kaba
                 }),
             ],
         };
-
-        return config;
     }
 }