WebPack on VSTS Hosted Build

Question

We're using the hosted build agent on VSTS to build and release our ASP.NET Core code to Azure App service.

My question is: can we run WebPack to handle front-end tasks on this hosted build on VSTS or do we have to do it manually before checking the code into our repository?

Update: I'm utilizing the new ASP.NET Core Build (Preview) template that's available on VSTS -- see below:

Here are the steps -- out of the box:

Answer 1

For VSTS we're working on an extension, currently it's in beta phase, you can ask for a share.

Check the VSTS marketplace. Check this github repo.