When I try to run 'webpack' within the project the mand line displays the following error:

'webpack' is not recognized as an internal or external mand, operable program or batch file.

I have installed webpack with the mand,

npm install webpack babel-core babel loader babel-preset-es2015 babel-preset-react react react-dom --save

Even though I tried this accepted answer , it es with another error.

webpack.config.js file

module.exports = {
entry: './src/index.js',
output: {
    path: './dist',
    filename: 'bundle.js'
},
module: {
    loaders: [{
        test: /\.jsx?$/,
        exclude: /node_modules/,
        loader: 'babel-loader',
        query: {
            presets: ['es2015', 'react']
        }
    }]
}}

package.json file

{
  "name": "dummytextgen",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Simple dummy text generator",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "pile": "webpack --config webpack.config.js"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "babel-core": "^6.26.0",
    "babel-loader": "^7.1.4",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
    "react": "^16.3.1",
    "react-dom": "^16.3.1",
    "webpack": "^4.5.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "webpack-cli": "^2.0.14"
  }
    }

Using OS - Windows 8 , npm version - 5.6.0

When I try to run 'webpack' within the project the mand line displays the following error:

'webpack' is not recognized as an internal or external mand, operable program or batch file.

I have installed webpack with the mand,

npm install webpack babel-core babel loader babel-preset-es2015 babel-preset-react react react-dom --save

Even though I tried this accepted answer , it es with another error.

webpack.config.js file

module.exports = {
entry: './src/index.js',
output: {
    path: './dist',
    filename: 'bundle.js'
},
module: {
    loaders: [{
        test: /\.jsx?$/,
        exclude: /node_modules/,
        loader: 'babel-loader',
        query: {
            presets: ['es2015', 'react']
        }
    }]
}}

package.json file

{
  "name": "dummytextgen",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Simple dummy text generator",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "pile": "webpack --config webpack.config.js"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "babel-core": "^6.26.0",
    "babel-loader": "^7.1.4",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
    "react": "^16.3.1",
    "react-dom": "^16.3.1",
    "webpack": "^4.5.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "webpack-cli": "^2.0.14"
  }
    }

Using OS - Windows 8 , npm version - 5.6.0

• javascript
• reactjs
• npm
• webpack

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You might try to give the exact path to the webpack binary when you try to execute weback from within your project folder:

node_modules\.bin\webpack

As per the screenshot you need to update the rules ,I have updated the configuration file its working fine. Please go through.

webpack.config.js

var path=require('path')
    module.exports = {
        entry: './src/index.js',
        output: {
            path: __dirname + "/dist",
            filename: 'bundle.js'
        },
        module: {
            rules: [{
                test: /\.jsx?$/,
                exclude: /node_modules/,
                loader: 'babel-loader',
                query: {
                    presets: ['es2015', 'react']
                }
            }]
        }}

package.json

{
  "name": "dummytextgen",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Simple dummy text generator",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "pile": "webpack --config webpack.config.js --mode development"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "babel-core": "^6.26.0",
    "babel-loader": "^7.1.4",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
    "react": "^16.3.1",
    "react-dom": "^16.3.1",
    "webpack": "^4.5.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "webpack-cli": "^2.0.14"
  }
}

npm install webpack webpack-cli -g

should help