Hell yeah webpack-dev-server and Flask integration! Hot-loading ftw :)

webpack.config.js

@@ -30,6 +30,23 @@ module.exports = {
   plugins: [HtmlWebpackPluginConfig],
 
   devServer: {
+    hot: true,
+    proxy: {
+      '/api': {
+        target: 'http://localhost:5000'
+      }
+    },
     historyApiFallback: true,
+    port: 8881,
+    publicPath: '/',
+    host: '0.0.0.0',
+    overlay: {
+      warnings: true,
+      errors: true
+    },
+    watchContentBase: true,
+    watchOptions: {
+      poll: true
+    }
   }
 }