diff --git a/lib/webpack/base.js b/lib/webpack/base.js
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+const Config = require('webpack-chain');
+const path = require('path');
+const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
+
+module.exports = function createBaseConfig(props) {
+  const {outDir, themePath, sourceDir} = props;
+
+  const config = new Config();
+  const isProd = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
+
+  config
+    .mode(isProd ? 'production' : 'development')
+    .output.path(outDir)
+    .filename(isProd ? '[name].[chunkhash].js' : '[name].js')
+    .publicPath(isProd ? publicPath : '/');
+
+  config.resolve
+    .set('symlinks', true)
+    .alias.set('@theme', themePath)
+    .set('@source', sourceDir)
+    .set('@core', path.resolve(__dirname, '../core'))
+    .end();
+
+  const libDir = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+  config.module
+    .rule('js')
+    .test(/\.js$/)
+    .exclude.add(filepath => {
+      // Always transpile lib directory
+      if (filepath.startsWith(libDir)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      // Don't transpile node_modules
+      return /node_modules/.test(filepath);
+    })
+    .end()
+    .use('babel')
+    .loader('babel-loader')
+    .options({
+      // do not pick local project babel config
+      babelrc: false,
+      presets: ['env', 'react']
+    });
+
+  config.plugin('html-webpack-plugin').use(HtmlWebpackPlugin, [
+    {
+      inject: false,
+      hash: true,
+      template: path.resolve(__dirname, '../core/index.html'),
+      filename: 'index.html'
+    }
+  ]);
+
+  return config;
+};
diff --git a/lib/webpack/dev.js b/lib/webpack/dev.js
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+const path = require('path');
+const createBaseConfig = require('./base');
+
+module.exports = function createDevConfig(props) {
+  const config = createBaseConfig(props);
+
+  config.entry('main').add(path.resolve(__dirname, '../core/index.js'));
+
+  return config;
+};