webpack windows invalid character - node.js

Question

I am creating a simple react project using webpack npm and babel.
I am able to install all the dependencies using npm.
when I try to start the webpack-dev-server, it errors out.
Can someone please suggest a way out.
I use the command npm run dev to start, defined in the package.json
here is my webpack.config.js
var webpack = require('webpack');
var path = require('path');
var config = {
entry: "D:\github\UI\ReactWebpackBabel\app\index.jsx",
output: {
path: "D:\github\UI\ReactWebpackBabel\build",
filename: 'bundle.js',
publicPath: '/':
},
devtool: 'source-map',
devServer: {
inline: true,
contentBase: BUILD_DIR,
port: 3333
},
module: {
loaders: [{
test: /\.jsx?/,
include: "D:\github\UI\ReactWebpackBabel\app\index.jsx",
loader: 'babel-loader',
query: {
presets: ['babel-preset-es2015', 'react']
}
}]
}
}
and here is my package.json
{
"name": "reactwebpackbabel",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
"dev": "D:\\github\\UI\\ReactWebpackBabel\\node_modules\\webpack-dev-server\\bin\\webpack-dev-server.js --config D:\\github\\UI\\ReactWebpackBabel\\code\\ReactWebpackBabel\\webpack.confg.js",
"build": "webpack --config D:\\github\\UI\\ReactWebpackBabel\\code\\ReactWebpackBabel\\webpack.confg.js"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"babel-core": "^6.26.0",
"babel-loader": "^7.1.2",
"babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
"babel-preset-es2016": "^6.24.1",
"babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
"create-react-class": "^15.6.2",
"react": "^16.0.0",
"react-dom": "^16.0.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"webpack": "^3.8.0",
"webpack-dev-server": "^2.9.2"
}
}

Answer 1

You should use webpack-dev-server.cmd not *.js file. Especially on Windows ;)
It stays here -> node_modules/.bin/webpack-dev-server.
It should also run without full path. Npm script will locate it in node_modules.
Check out getting started: https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server