Update webpack and associated loaders, node 18.12.0 is now the minimu…

…m version required, remove webpack-merge, webpack now supports extending another configuration (#5480)

package.json

@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@
     "webvr-polyfill": "^0.10.12"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@babel/core": "^7.17.10",
-    "babel-loader": "^8.2.5",
+    "@babel/core": "^7.24.0",
+    "babel-loader": "^9.1.3",
     "babel-plugin-istanbul": "^6.1.1",
     "chai": "^4.3.6",
     "chai-shallow-deep-equal": "^1.4.0",
     "chalk": "^1.1.3",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
-    "css-loader": "^6.7.1",
+    "css-loader": "^7.1.2",
     "eslint": "^8.45.0",
     "eslint-config-semistandard": "^17.0.0",
     "eslint-config-standard-jsx": "^11.0.0",
@@ -81,12 +81,11 @@
     "sinon-chai": "^3.7.0",
     "snazzy": "^5.0.0",
     "standardx": "^7.0.0",
-    "style-loader": "^3.3.1",
+    "style-loader": "^4.0.0",
     "too-wordy": "ngokevin/too-wordy",
-    "webpack": "^5.73.0",
-    "webpack-cli": "^4.10.0",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "^4.11.0",
-    "webpack-merge": "^5.8.0",
+    "webpack": "^5.91.0",
+    "webpack-cli": "^5.1.4",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^5.0.4",
     "write-good": "^1.0.8"
   },
   "link": true,

webpack.config.js

@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ module.exports = {
         test: /\.js$/,
         use: {
           loader: 'babel-loader'
-          // options: {
-          //   presets: ['@babel/preset-env'],
-          // },
         }
       },
       {

webpack.prod.config.js

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 var path = require('path');
-var merge = require('webpack-merge').merge;
-var commonConfiguration = require('./webpack.config.js');
 var TerserPlugin = require('terser-webpack-plugin');
 
-module.exports = merge(commonConfiguration, {
+module.exports = {
+  extends: ['webpack.config.js'],
   output: {
     library: 'AFRAME',
     libraryTarget: 'umd',
@@ -28,4 +27,4 @@ module.exports = merge(commonConfiguration, {
       })
     ]
   }
-});
+};