mvc_jquery_webpack_template.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <Folder Include="ClientApp\images\" />
    <Folder Include="wwwroot\dist\" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation" Version="3.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices" Version="3.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions" Version="3.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Westwind.AspnetCore.LiveReload" Version="0.1.12" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <Target Name="DebugEnsureNodeEnv" BeforeTargets="Build" Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
    <!-- Ensure Node.js is installed -->
    <Exec Command="node --version" ContinueOnError="true">
      <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="ErrorCode" />
    </Exec>
    <Error Condition="'$(ErrorCode)' != '0'" Text="Node.js is required to build and run this project. To continue, please install Node.js from https://nodejs.org/, and then restart your command prompt or IDE." />
    <!-- Install modules -->
    <Message Importance="high" Text="Restoring dependencies using 'npm'. This may take several minutes..." />
    <Exec Command="node -e &quot;console.log('NPM Installing dependencies...')&quot;" />
    <Exec Command="npm install" />
  </Target>
  
  <Target Name="RunWebpackProd" AfterTargets="ComputeFilesToPublish">
    <!-- As part of publishing, ensure the JS resources are freshly built in production mode -->
    <Exec Command="node -e &quot;console.log('NPM Installing dependencies...')&quot;" />
    <Exec Command="npm install --ignore-scripts" />
    <Exec Command="npm run prod" />

    <!-- Include the newly-built files in the publish output -->
    <ItemGroup>
      <DistFiles Include="wwwroot\dist\**" />
      <ResolvedFileToPublish Include="@(DistFiles->'%(FullPath)')" Exclude="@(ResolvedFileToPublish)">
        <RelativePath>%(DistFiles.Identity)</RelativePath>
        <CopyToPublishDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToPublishDirectory>
      </ResolvedFileToPublish>
    </ItemGroup>
  </Target>
  
</Project>