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.

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];