only load modules if we are in production

package.json

@@ -45,11 +45,7 @@
     "signature_pad": "^4.0.1",
     "socket.io-client": "^4.4.0",
     "uuid": "^8.1.0",
-    "webdav": "^5.3.0",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "^4.7.3",
-    "webpack": "^5.76.0",
-    "webpack-cli": "^4.9.2",
-    "webpack-merge": "^5.8.0"
+    "webdav": "^5.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "^7.16.8",
@@ -76,7 +72,11 @@
     "prettier": "^2.5.1",
     "pretty-quick": "^2.0.1",
     "style-loader": "^1.1.4",
-    "vanilla-picker": "^2.12.1"
+    "vanilla-picker": "^2.12.1",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^4.7.3",
+    "webpack": "^5.76.0",
+    "webpack-cli": "^4.9.2",
+    "webpack-merge": "^5.8.0"
   },
   "author": "Cracker0dks",
   "license": "MIT",

scripts/server-frontend-dev.js

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import webpack from "webpack";
 import WebpackDevServer from "webpack-dev-server";
 import config from "../config/webpack.dev.js";
+import { getArgs } from "./utils.js";
+
+const args = getArgs();
+
+if (typeof args.mode === "undefined") {
+    // default to production mode
+    args.mode = "production";
+}
 
 const devServerConfig = {
     hot: true,
@@ -15,12 +23,21 @@ const devServerConfig = {
     },
 };
 
-export default function startFrontendDevServer(port) {
-    new WebpackDevServer(webpack(config), devServerConfig).start(port, (err) => {
-        if (err) {
-            console.log(err);
-        }
+let startFrontendDevServer = function() {}
 
-        console.log("Listening on port " + port);
-    });
+if (args.mode === "production") {
+    console.log("Not loading webpack-dev-server because of production mode!");
+} else {
+    startFrontendDevServer = function(port) {
+        new WebpackDevServer(webpack(config), devServerConfig).start(port, (err) => {
+            if (err) {
+                console.log(err);
+            }
+    
+            console.log("Listening on port " + port);
+        });
+    }
 }
+
+
+export default startFrontendDevServer;