Example webpack for ES6 unit testing

webpack.config.js

'use strict';

// Modules
var webpack = require('webpack');
var autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
var ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
var CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
var _ = require('lodash');

/**
 * Env
 * Get npm lifecycle event to identify the environment
 */

var task = process.env.npm_lifecycle_event;
if(_.isNil(task))
{
  task = 'test';
}
var ENV = task.startsWith('test') ? 'test' : task;

module.exports = function makeWebpackConfig () {
  /**
   * Config
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html
   * This is the object where all configuration gets set
   */
  var config = {};

  /**
   * Entry
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#entry
   * Should be an empty object if it's generating a test build
   * Karma will set this when it's a test build
   */
   // [jwarden 7.12.2016] Changing to support generators.
  // config.entry = ENV === 'test' ? {} : {
  //   app: './src/app.js'
  // };
 // config.entry = ENV === 'test' ? {} : ['babel-polyfill', './src/app.js'];
 // [jwarden 7.13.2016] Changing temporarely to see if this fixes Karma.
 config.entry = ['babel-polyfill', './src/app.js'];

 

  /**
   * Output
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#output
   * Should be an empty object if it's generating a test build
   * Karma will handle setting it up for you when it's a test build
   */
  config.output = ENV === 'test' ? {} : {
    // Absolute output directory
    path: __dirname + '/dist',

    // Output path from the view of the page
    // Uses webpack-dev-server in development
    publicPath: ENV === 'build' ? '/' : 'http://localhost:8080/',

    // Filename for entry points
    // Only adds hash in build mode
    filename: ENV === 'build' ? '[name].[hash].js' : '[name].bundle.js',

    // Filename for non-entry points
    // Only adds hash in build mode
    chunkFilename: ENV === 'build' ? '[name].[hash].js' : '[name].bundle.js'
  };

  /**
   * Devtool
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#devtool
   * Type of sourcemap to use per build type
   */
  if (ENV === 'test') {
    config.devtool = 'inline-source-map';
  } else if (ENV === 'build') {
    config.devtool = 'source-map';
  } else {
    config.devtool = 'eval-source-map';
  }

  /**
   * Loaders
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#module-loaders
   * List: http://webpack.github.io/docs/list-of-loaders.html
   * This handles most of the magic responsible for converting modules
   */

  // Initialize module
  config.module = {
    preLoaders: [],
    loaders: [{
      // JS LOADER
      // Reference: https://github.com/babel/babel-loader
      // Transpile .js files using babel-loader
      // Compiles ES6 and ES7 into ES5 code
      test: /\.js$/,
      loaders: ['ng-annotate','babel'],
      exclude: /node_modules/
    }, {
      // CSS LOADER
      // Reference: https://github.com/webpack/css-loader
      // Allow loading css through js
      //
      // Reference: https://github.com/postcss/postcss-loader
      // Postprocess your css with PostCSS plugins
      test: /\.css$/,
      // Reference: https://github.com/webpack/extract-text-webpack-plugin
      // Extract css files in production builds
      //
      // Reference: https://github.com/webpack/style-loader
      // Use style-loader in development.
      loader: ENV === 'test' ? 'null' : ExtractTextPlugin.extract('style', 'css?sourceMap!postcss')
    }, {
      // ASSET LOADER
      // Reference: https://github.com/webpack/file-loader
      // Copy png, jpg, jpeg, gif, svg, woff, woff2, ttf, eot files to output
      // Rename the file using the asset hash
      // Pass along the updated reference to your code
      // You can add here any file extension you want to get copied to your output
      test: /\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot)$/,
      loader: 'file'
    }, {
      // HTML LOADER
      // Reference: https://github.com/webpack/raw-loader
      // Allow loading html through js
      test: /\.html$/,
      loader: 'raw'
    }]
  };

  // ISPARTA LOADER
  // Reference: https://github.com/ColCh/isparta-instrumenter-loader
  // Instrument JS files with Isparta for subsequent code coverage reporting
  // Skips node_modules and files that end with .test.js
  if (ENV === 'test') {
    config.module.preLoaders.push({
      test: /\.js$/,
      exclude: [
        /node_modules/,
        /\.test\.js$/
      ],
      loader: 'isparta-instrumenter'
    })
  }

  /**
   * PostCSS
   * Reference: https://github.com/postcss/autoprefixer-core
   * Add vendor prefixes to your css
   */
  config.postcss = [
    autoprefixer({
      browsers: ['last 2 version']
    })
  ];

  /**
   * Plugins
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#plugins
   * List: http://webpack.github.io/docs/list-of-plugins.html
   */
  config.plugins = [];

  // Skip rendering index.html in test mode
  if (ENV !== 'test') {
    // Reference: https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin
    // Render index.html
    config.plugins.push(
      new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
        template: './src/index.html',
        inject: 'body'
      }),

      // Reference: https://github.com/webpack/extract-text-webpack-plugin
      // Extract css files
      // Disabled when in test mode or not in build mode
      new ExtractTextPlugin('[name].[hash].css', {disable: ENV !== 'build'})
    )
  }

  // Add build specific plugins
  if (ENV === 'build') {
    config.plugins.push(
      // Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/list-of-plugins.html#noerrorsplugin
      // Only emit files when there are no errors
      new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin(),

      // Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/list-of-plugins.html#dedupeplugin
      // Dedupe modules in the output
      new webpack.optimize.DedupePlugin(),

      // Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/list-of-plugins.html#uglifyjsplugin
      // Minify all javascript, switch loaders to minimizing mode
      new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin(),

      // Copy assets from the public folder
      // Reference: https://github.com/kevlened/copy-webpack-plugin
      new CopyWebpackPlugin([{
        from: __dirname + '/src'
      }])
    )
  }

  /**
   * Dev server configuration
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#devserver
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/webpack-dev-server.html
   */
  config.devServer = {
    contentBase: './src',
    stats: {
      modules: false,
      cached: false,
      colors: true,
      chunk: false
    }
  };

  return config;
}();