A barebone Eleventy and Webpack boilerplate
The eleventy-webpack template is a barebone Eleventy and webpack template that allows for fast and efficient build processes. It includes various features such as support for ES6 JavaScript with Babel, Sass and PostCSS for styling, responsive images and cached remote images, SEO metadata and Open Graph tags, SVG icon sprite generation, safe external links, useful shortcodes and filters, and a Neat error overlay. The template is optimized for production with source maps, headers, and minified code.
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