Change Angular2Spa template to build server (prerendering) bundle explicitly. This simplifies deployment, fixes various compatibility issues (like #306) and makes debugging much easier for developers using the template.

.gitignore

@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ npm-debug.log
 # repo have to be excluded here.
 /templates/*/node_modules/
 /templates/*/wwwroot/dist/
+/templates/*/ClientApp/dist/
 .vscode/

templates/Angular2Spa/Views/Home/Index.cshtml

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
     ViewData["Title"] = "Home Page";
 }
 
-<app asp-prerender-module="ClientApp/boot-server"
-     asp-prerender-webpack-config="webpack.config.js">Loading...</app>
+<app asp-prerender-module="ClientApp/dist/main-server">Loading...</app>
 
 <script src="~/dist/vendor.js" asp-append-version="true"></script>
 @section scripts {
-    <script src="~/dist/main.js" asp-append-version="true"></script>
+    <script src="~/dist/main-client.js" asp-append-version="true"></script>
 }

templates/Angular2Spa/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 {
   "name": "Angular2Spa",
   "version": "0.0.0",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "aspnet-webpack": "^1.0.11",
+    "css": "^2.2.1",
+    "css-loader": "^0.25.0",
+    "expose-loader": "^0.7.1",
+    "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^1.0.1",
+    "file-loader": "^0.9.0",
+    "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
+    "style-loader": "^0.13.0",
+    "to-string-loader": "^1.1.5",
+    "ts-loader": "^0.8.2",
+    "typescript": "^2.0.0",
+    "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
+    "webpack": "^1.12.14",
+    "webpack-externals-plugin": "^1.0.0",
+    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.10.0",
+    "webpack-merge": "^0.14.1"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@angular/common": "2.0.0",
     "@angular/compiler": "2.0.0",
@@ -16,27 +34,12 @@
     "angular2-universal": "~2.0.10",
     "angular2-universal-polyfills": "~2.0.10",
     "aspnet-prerendering": "^1.0.6",
-    "aspnet-webpack": "^1.0.11",
     "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",
-    "css": "^2.2.1",
-    "css-loader": "^0.25.0",
     "es6-shim": "^0.35.1",
-    "expose-loader": "^0.7.1",
-    "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^1.0.1",
-    "file-loader": "^0.9.0",
     "isomorphic-fetch": "^2.2.1",
     "jquery": "^2.2.1",
     "preboot": "^4.5.2",
-    "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
     "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.12",
-    "style-loader": "^0.13.0",
-    "to-string-loader": "^1.1.5",
-    "ts-loader": "^0.8.2",
-    "typescript": "^2.0.0",
-    "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
-    "webpack": "^1.12.14",
-    "webpack-externals-plugin": "^1.0.0",
-    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.10.0",
     "zone.js": "^0.6.21"
   }
 }

templates/Angular2Spa/project.json

@@ -52,14 +52,10 @@
   "publishOptions": {
     "include": [
       "appsettings.json",
-      "ClientApp",
+      "ClientApp/dist",
       "node_modules",
-      "typings",
       "Views",
-      "tsconfig.json",
-      "tsd.json",
       "web.config",
-      "webpack.*.js",
       "wwwroot"
     ]
   },

templates/Angular2Spa/template_gitignore

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Obj/
 # Visual Studio 2015 cache/options directory
 .vs/
 /wwwroot/dist/
+/ClientApp/dist/
 
 # MSTest test Results
 [Tt]est[Rr]esult*/

templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.js

@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 var isDevBuild = process.argv.indexOf('--env.prod') < 0;
 var path = require('path');
 var webpack = require('webpack');
+var nodeExternals = require('webpack-node-externals');
+var merge = require('webpack-merge');
+var allFilenamesExceptJavaScript = /\.(?!js(\?|$))([^.]+(\?|$))/;
 
-module.exports = {
-    devtool: isDevBuild ? 'inline-source-map' : null,
+// Configuration in common to both client-side and server-side bundles
+var sharedConfig = {
     resolve: { extensions: [ '', '.js', '.ts' ] },
-    entry: { main: ['./ClientApp/boot-client.ts'] },
+    output: {
+        filename: '[name].js',
+        publicPath: '/dist/' // Webpack dev middleware, if enabled, handles requests for this URL prefix
+    },
     module: {
         loaders: [
             { test: /\.ts$/, include: /ClientApp/, loader: 'ts', query: { silent: true } },
             { test: /\.html$/, loader: 'raw' },
-            { test: /\.css/, loader: 'to-string!css' },
+            { test: /\.css$/, loader: 'to-string!css' },
             { test: /\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|svg)$/, loader: 'url', query: { limit: 25000 } }
         ]
-    },
-    output: {
-        path: path.join(__dirname, 'wwwroot', 'dist'),
-        filename: '[name].js',
-        publicPath: '/dist/'
-    },
+    }
+};
+
+// Configuration for client-side bundle suitable for running in browsers
+var clientBundleConfig = merge(sharedConfig, {
+    entry: { 'main-client': './ClientApp/boot-client.ts' },
+    output: { path: path.join(__dirname, './wwwroot/dist') },
+    devtool: isDevBuild ? 'inline-source-map' : null,
     plugins: [
         new webpack.DllReferencePlugin({
             context: __dirname,
@@ -29,4 +37,18 @@ module.exports = {
         new webpack.optimize.OccurenceOrderPlugin(),
         new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin()
     ])
-};
+});
+
+// Configuration for server-side (prerendering) bundle suitable for running in Node
+var serverBundleConfig = merge(sharedConfig, {
+    entry: { 'main-server': './ClientApp/boot-server.ts' },
+    output: {
+        libraryTarget: 'commonjs',
+        path: path.join(__dirname, './ClientApp/dist')
+    },
+    target: 'node',
+    devtool: 'inline-source-map',
+    externals: [nodeExternals({ whitelist: [allFilenamesExceptJavaScript] })] // Don't bundle .js files from node_modules
+});
+
+module.exports = [clientBundleConfig, serverBundleConfig];

templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.vendor.js

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ module.exports = {
     },
     module: {
         loaders: [
-            { test: /\.(png|woff|woff2|eot|ttf|svg)$/, loader: 'url-loader?limit=100000' },
-            { test: /\.css/, loader: extractCSS.extract(['css']) }
+            { test: /\.(png|woff|woff2|eot|ttf|svg)(\?|$)/, loader: 'url-loader?limit=100000' },
+            { test: /\.css(\?|$)/, loader: extractCSS.extract(['css']) }
         ]
     },
     entry: {