Webpack-dev-server serves a directory list instead of the app page
If you're using webpack's dev server you can pass in options to use /public as a base directory.
devServer: { publicPath: "/", contentBase: "./public", hot: true},See the webpack configuration docs, and specifically the webpack dev server docs for more options and general information.
You can also add the --content-base flag to your start-up script, e.g.
"scripts": { "start:dev": "webpack-dev-server --inline --content-base ./public" }
In my case, I misspelled 'index.html' when I set up the HTMLWebpackPlugin. Double check your filenames if you're using this plugin.
var HTMLWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');var HTMLWebpackPluginConfig = new HTMLWebpackPlugin({ template: __dirname + '/app/index.html', filename: 'index.html', inject: 'body'});