better dev output

build/setup-dev-server.js

@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ module.exports = function setupDevServer (app, cb) {
   const clientCompiler = webpack(clientConfig)
   const devMiddleware = require('webpack-dev-middleware')(clientCompiler, {
     publicPath: clientConfig.output.publicPath,
-    stats: {
-      colors: true,
-      chunks: false
-    }
+    noInfo: true
   })
   app.use(devMiddleware)
   clientCompiler.plugin('done', () => {

build/webpack.base.config.js

 const path = require('path')
 const vueConfig = require('./vue-loader.config')
+const FriendlyErrorsPlugin = require('friendly-errors-webpack-plugin')
+
+const isProd = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
 
 module.exports = {
-  devtool: '#source-map',
+  devtool: isProd
+    ? false
+    : '#cheap-module-eval-source-map',
   entry: {
     app: './src/entry-client.js',
     vendor: [
@@ -52,6 +57,10 @@ module.exports = {
     ]
   },
   performance: {
-    hints: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'warning' : false
-  }
+    maxEntrypointSize: 300000,
+    hints: isProd ? 'warning' : false
+  },
+  plugins: isProd ? [] : [
+    new FriendlyErrorsPlugin()
+  ]
 }

build/webpack.server.config.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const VueSSRPlugin = require('vue-ssr-webpack-plugin')
 
 module.exports = merge(base, {
   target: 'node',
+  devtool: '#source-map',
   entry: './src/entry-server.js',
   output: {
     filename: 'server-bundle.js',

package.json

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "buble-loader": "^0.4.1",
     "css-loader": "^0.27.3",
     "file-loader": "^0.10.1",
+    "friendly-errors-webpack-plugin": "^1.6.1",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^2.28.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
     "stylus": "^0.54.5",