Webpack Dev Server Not Watching or Updating Files - reactjs

Question

So webpack isn't updating any changes I make or rebundling build.js with changes. Pretty frustrating issue. Not sure what the deal is. Could really use some help! Thanks! Code is below.
webpack.config.js
var webpack = require("webpack");
var path = require("path");
var DEV = path.resolve(__dirname, "dev");
var OUTPUT = path.resolve(__dirname, "output");
var config = {
watch: true,
devtool: 'inline-source-map',
entry: [
'webpack-dev-server/client?http://localhost:8080/',
'webpack/hot/only-dev-server',
DEV + "/App.jsx"
],
output: {
path: OUTPUT,
filename: "build.js"
},
module: {
loaders: [{
include: DEV,
loaders: ["react-hot", "babel"],
}]
},
plugins: [
new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin()
]
};
module.exports = config;
package.json
{
"name": "app",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "webpack-dev-server"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"babel-core": "^6.10.4",
"babel-loader": "^6.2.4",
"babel-preset-es2015": "^6.9.0",
"babel-preset-react": "^6.11.1",
"react": "^15.2.0",
"react-dom": "^15.2.0",
"react-hot-loader": "^1.3.0",
"webpack": "^1.13.1",
"webpack-dev-server": "^1.14.1"
},
"babel": {
"presets": [
"es2015",
"react"
]
}
}
I ran ./node_modules/.bin/webpack to get the initial build.
Let me know if you need more information. Thanks again.

Answer 1

React-Hot-Loader can be very specific in its configuration. I would try the minimal successful configuration for React Hot Loader (taking care to use similar pathing and not via variable initialization with path.resolve) :
var path = require('path');
var webpack = require('webpack');
module.exports = {
devtool: 'eval',
entry: [
'webpack-dev-server/client?http://localhost:8080',
'webpack/hot/only-dev-server',
'./src/App.jsx'
],
output: {
path: path.join(__dirname, 'dist'),
filename: 'bundle.js',
publicPath: '/static/'
},
plugins: [
new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin()
],
module: {
loaders: [{
test: /\.js$/,
loaders: ['react-hot', 'babel'],
include: path.join(__dirname, 'src')
}]
}
};