feat: reduce number of steps needed to get going for local development (#454)

* feat: reduce number of steps to get going for local development

* fix: set default sync server in SNJS

* chore: keep --force in submodules command

webpack.dev.js

@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 const merge = require('webpack-merge');
 const config = require('./webpack.config.js');
+const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 
 module.exports = (env, argv) => {
   const port = argv.port || 3001;
   return merge(config(env, argv), {
     mode: 'development',
+    plugins: [
+      new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+        template: './index.html',
+        templateParameters: {
+          env: process.env
+        },
+      }),
+    ],
     devServer: {
-      publicPath: '/dist/',
       proxy: {
         '/extensions': {
           target: `http://localhost:${port}`,
@@ -15,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = (env, argv) => {
         '/assets': {
           target: `http://localhost:${port}`,
           pathRewrite: { '^/assets': '/public/assets' }
-        }
+        },
       },
       port,
     }