webpack.config.js

var path = require('path');
var webpack = require('webpack');

var ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV;
var isTest = /test/.test(ENV);
var isProd = /prod/.test(ENV);

module.exports = function makeWebpackConfig() {
  var config = {};

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

  /**
   * Entry
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#entry
   */
  config.entry = [
    './demo/polyfills.ts',
    './demo/main.ts'
  ];

  /**
   * Output
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#output
   */
  config.output = isTest ? {} : {
    path: path.resolve('./demo'),
    filename: 'bundle.js'
  };

  /**
   * Resolve
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#resolve
   */
  config.resolve = {
    cache: !isTest,
    root: [
      './node_modules',
      './demo'
    ],
    // only discover files that have those extensions
    extensions: ['', '.ts', '.js', '.json', '.css', '.scss', '.html'],
    alias: {
      'ng2nouislider': path.resolve('./src/nouislider.ts')
    }
  };

  /**
   * 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
   */
  config.module = {
    preLoaders: isTest ? [] : [{test: /\.ts$/, loader: 'tslint'}],
    loaders: [
      // Support for .ts files.
      {
        test: /\.ts$/,
        loader: 'ts',
        exclude: /node_modules/
      },

      // Support for .css files
      {
        test: /\.css$/,
        loader: 'style!css'
      },

      // support for .scss files
      {
        test: /\.scss$/,
        loader: 'style!css!sass'
      },

      // support for .html as raw text
      {test: /\.html$/, loader: 'raw'}
    ]
  };

  /**
   * Plugins
   * Reference: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#plugins
   * List: http://webpack.github.io/docs/list-of-plugins.html
   */
  config.plugins = [
    // Define env variables to help with builds
    // Reference: https://webpack.github.io/docs/list-of-plugins.html#defineplugin
    new webpack.DefinePlugin({
      // Environment helpers
      'process.env': {
        ENV: JSON.stringify(ENV)
      }
    })
  ];

  // Add build specific plugins
  if (isProd) {
    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({
        beautify: false,
        mangle: { screw_ie8: true, keep_fnames: true },
        compress: true,
        comments: false
      })
    );
  }

  /**
   * Apply the tslint loader as pre/postLoader
   * Reference: https://github.com/wbuchwalter/tslint-loader
   */
  config.tslint = {
    emitErrors: false,
    failOnHint: false
  };

  /**
   * 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: './demo',
    historyApiFallback: true,
    stats: 'minimal' // none (or false), errors-only, minimal, normal (or true) and verbose
  };

  return config;
}();