Webpack for Backbone.js

Handlebars_backbone.html

<script id="some-template" type="text/x-handlebars-template">
  <input value="{{name}}">
  
</script>

<script>
  // Inside view
  const Hello = Backbone.View.extend({
    el: '#hello-container', 
    template: Handlebars.compile($('#input-template').html()),
    render: function () {
      var html = this.template({name: this.model.get('name')}
      this.$el.html(html);
    }
  });
  
  const inputView = new InputView({
    el: $('#input-container2'),
    model: name
  });
    
</script>

webpack.config.js

const NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
const webpack = require('webpack');

module.exports = {
  context: __dirname + '/frontend',
  entry: {
    app: './app'
  },
  output: {
    path: __dirname + '/public',
    publicPath: '/',
    filename: '[name].js'
  },
  devtool: NODE_ENV === 'development' ? 'inline-source-map' : null,
  plugins: [
    new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin(),
    new webpack.DefinePlugin({
      NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify(NODE_ENV)
    }),
    new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
      name: 'common'
    })
  ],
  module: {
    loaders: [{
      test: /\.js$/,
      loader: 'babel?presets[]=es2015'
    }]
  },
  externals: {                                                                                              
    'jquery': 'jQuery',                                                                                   
    'underscore': '_',                                                                                    
    'backbone': 'Backbone',                                                                               
    'handlebars': 'Handlebars'                                                                            
  }
  /*watch: true,                                                                                            
    watchOptions: {                                                                                       
    aggregateTimeout: 100                                                                                 
  }*/ 
};

if (NODE_ENV === 'production') {                                                                              
  module.exports.plugins.push(                                                                              
    new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({                                                                 
      compress: {                                                                                       
        warnings: false,                                                                              
        drop_console: true,                                                                           
        unsafe: true                                                                                  
      }                                                                                                 
    })                                                                                                    
  );                                                                                                        
}