webpack.config.js

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

var pluginArray = [];

if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development') {

    console.log('Production environment detected, enabling UglifyJsPlugin');

    var uglify = new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
        compress: {
            warnings: false
        },
        output: {
            comments: false
        }
    });

    pluginArray.push(uglify);

}

if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {


    console.log('Development environment detected, enabling Bundle Analyzer');

    var BundleAnalyzerPlugin = require('webpack-bundle-analyzer').BundleAnalyzerPlugin;

    pluginArray.push(new BundleAnalyzerPlugin({
        // Can be `server`, `static` or `disabled`. 
        // In `server` mode analyzer will start HTTP server to show bundle report. 
        // In `static` mode single HTML file with bundle report will be generated. 
        // In `disabled` mode you can use this plugin to just generate Webpack Stats JSON file by setting `generateStatsFile` to `true`. 
        analyzerMode: 'static',
        // Host that will be used in `server` mode to start HTTP server. 
        analyzerHost: '127.0.0.1',
        // Port that will be used in `server` mode to start HTTP server. 
        analyzerPort: 8888,
        // Path to bundle report file that will be generated in `static` mode. 
        // Relative to bundles output directory. 
        reportFilename: 'bundle_report.html',
        // Module sizes to show in report by default. 
        // Should be one of `stat`, `parsed` or `gzip`. 
        // See "Definitions" section for more information. 
        defaultSizes: 'parsed',
        // Automatically open report in default browser 
        openAnalyzer: true,
        // If `true`, Webpack Stats JSON file will be generated in bundles output directory 
        generateStatsFile: false,
        // Name of Webpack Stats JSON file that will be generated if `generateStatsFile` is `true`. 
        // Relative to bundles output directory. 
        statsFilename: 'stats.json',
        // Options for `stats.toJson()` method. 
        // For example you can exclude sources of your modules from stats file with `source: false` option. 
        // See more options here: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/webpack-1/lib/Stats.js#L21 
        statsOptions: null,
        // Log level. Can be 'info', 'warn', 'error' or 'silent'. 
        logLevel: 'info'
    }));

}

var jq = new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
    $: "jquery",
    jQuery: "jquery",
    "window.jQuery": "jquery'",
    "window.$": "jquery"
});

pluginArray.push(jq);

module.exports = {
    context: path.resolve(__dirname, '.'),
    entry: {
        app: './bundle/bundle.source.js'
    },
    output: {
        path: path.resolve(__dirname, './tmp'),
        publicPath: '/',
        filename: 'js/bundle.js'
    },
    devtool: "#inline-source-map",
    plugins: pluginArray,
    module: {
        rules: [{
                test: /\.(jpe?g|png|gif)$/i,
                loader: "file-loader",
                query: {
                    name: '[name].[ext]',
                    outputPath: 'images/'
                        //the images will be emmited to public/assets/images/ folder 
                        //the images will be put in the DOM <style> tag as eg. background: url(assets/images/image.png); 
                }
            },
            {
                test: /\.css$/,
                loaders: ["style-loader", "css-loader"]
            }, {
                test: require.resolve('jquery'),
                use: [{
                    loader: 'expose-loader',
                    options: '$'
                }]
            }
        ]
    }
};