webpack.config.js

/**
 * @Author Ashwin Hariharan
 * @Details Webpack config file for adding new vendors, defining entry points and shimming modules. 
 */
var webpack = require('webpack');
var path = require("path");
//var env = require('yargs').argv.mode;

var lib_dir = __dirname + '/public/libraries',
    node_dir = __dirname + '/node_modules',
    bower_dir = __dirname + '/bower_components',
    plugins_dir = __dirname + '/public/plugins';

var config = {

    resolve: {
        alias: {
            react: node_dir + '/react',
            "react-dom": node_dir + '/react-dom',
            jquery: node_dir + '/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js',
            "velocity-animate": node_dir + '/velocity-animate',
            jqueryUi: plugins_dir + '/jQueryUI/jquery-ui.min.js',
            bootstrap: plugins_dir + '/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js',
            //eve: node_dir + '/raphael/eve/eve.js',
            raphael: node_dir + '/webpack-raphael/raphael.js',
            morris: plugins_dir + '/morris/morris.js',
            //sparkline: plugins_dir + '/sparkline/jquery.sparkline.min.js',
            jvectormap: plugins_dir + '/jvectormap/jquery-jvectormap-1.2.2.min.js',
            jvectormapWorld: plugins_dir + '/jvectormap/jquery-jvectormap-world-mill-en.js',
            //knob: plugins_dir + '/knob/jquery.knob.js',
            moment: plugins_dir + '/moment/moment.js',
            //daterangepicker: plugins_dir + '/daterangepicker/daterangepicker.js',
            bootstrapDatepicker: plugins_dir + '/datepicker/bootstrap-datepicker.js',
            //bootstrapWysihtml5: plugins_dir + '/bootstrap-wysihtml5/bootstrap3-wysihtml5.all.js',
            slimscroll: plugins_dir + '/slimScroll/jquery.slimscroll.min.js',
            fastclick: plugins_dir + '/fastclick/fastclick.min.js',
        }
    },

    plugins: [
        //new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
        new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
            '$': "jquery",
            'window.jQuery': "jquery",
            'jQuery': 'jquery',
            'window.$': 'jquery',
        }),
        new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin('vendors', 'dist/js/vendors.js', Infinity),
        new webpack.DefinePlugin({
            'process.env': {
                'NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('development')
            }
        }),

    ],
    devtool: 'cheap-module-source-map',
    entry: {
        dashboardV1: './src/pages/dashboardV1/js/dashboard',
        widgets: ['./src/pages/widgets-page/js/widgets-page'],
        timeline: './src/pages/timeline-page/js/timeline-page',
        generalUIElements: './src/pages/ui-elements-page/general/js/page-ui-elements',

        vendors: ['react', 'react-dom', 'jquery', 'velocity-animate', 'jqueryUi', 'bootstrap', 'moment', 'bootstrapDatepicker'],
        chartVendors: ['jquery', 'raphael', 'morris', 'jvectormap', 'jvectormapWorld'],
    },

    output: {
        path: path.join(__dirname, "public"),
        filename: "dist/js/[name].bundle.js",
        libraryTarget: "commonjs",
        umdNamedDefine: true,
    },

    optimization: {
        minimize: true
    },

    module: {
        noParse: [
            //new RegExp(node_dir + '/react'),
            new RegExp(lib_dir + './react-dom.js')
        ],
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.jsx?$/, 
                loader: require.resolve('react-hot'),
                include: path.join(__dirname, 'public'),
                exclude: /(node_modules|bower_components)/
            },
            {
                loader: require.resolve('babel-loader'),
                options: {
                    presets: ['react', 'es2015'],
                    compact: true
                },
                include: path.join(__dirname, 'src'),
                exclude: /(node_modules|bower_components)/
            },
        ]
    }
};


module.exports = config;

/*
----------
View package.json for more configuration details

0. During development:-
    Run webpack-dev-server --hot --inline and point your entry files to http://localhost:8080 in your HTML, for HMP

1. Command:- 
    webpack --profile --json > stats.json 
        
    Will generate a JSON file called stats.json. Go to http://webpack.github.io/analyse/ and upload the file,
    and see all dependencies in a tree like structure

2. Commands:-
    --> npm run dev 

    Will run webpack-dev-server with the arguments specified (--devtool eval --progress --colors --content-base build)

1. --devtool eval will add source urls to your code, which will make sure that any errors point to the right file and line.
2. --progress and --colors will just improve the feedback you get in the terminal when running your workflow.
3. --content-base build points to where you have your custom index.html located.
----------
Since we are using React, we need to evaluate XML along with JS.  This can be done by using jsx-loader. npm install jsx-loader --save will make 
the module available, and then we specify the loader in here- {test:/\.js$/,loader: 'jsx-loader'}. This tells
WebPack that whenever we try to require something that ends with .js it should run the contents of that file through the jsx-loader. 
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  "scripts": {
    "dev": "webpack-dev-server --devtool eval --progress --colors --content-base views/"
  },

*/