Webpack - Open Chrome w/ dev env

webpack.config.js

const path = require('path');
const webpack = require('webpack');
const htmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
const browserPlugin = require('webpack-browser-plugin');

const chromeUserDataDir = `C:\\Chrome dev session`;

module.exports = {
    context: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src'),
    entry: './index.js',
    output: {
        filename: 'bundle.js',
        path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist')
    },
    resolve: {
        extensions: ['.js', '.ts']
    },
    watch: true,
    plugins: [
        new htmlWebpackPlugin({
            hash: true,
            minify: {
                html5: true,
                minifyCSS: true,
                minifyJS: true
            },
            template: './template.html'
        }),
        new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
        new browserPlugin({
            openOptions: {
                app: [
                    'chrome',
                    // All Chrome startup flags here - https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/
                    //'--kiosk', // run in full-screen without browser UI - Alt+F4 to exit
                    //'--incognito',
                    //'--start-fullscreen',
                    '--auto-open-devtools-for-tabs',
                    '--disable-web-security', // to enable CORS
                    '--allow-cross-origin-auth-prompt',
                    '--user-data-dir=' + path.resolve(chromeUserDataDir) // to let Chrome create 'new user' (like fresh install) and store here all dev plugins, settings, etc.
                ]
            }
        })
    ],
    devServer: {
        hot: true,
        headers: {
            'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*',
            'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials': true,
            'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, OPTIONS',
            'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': 'X-Requested-With, content-type, Authorization'
        }
    },
    devtool: 'eval'
};