angular - Stripping all comments and console.logs with ng build --prod, possible?

Question

I am using MEAN, Angular 2, Node/Express, Angular-CLI and ng build --prod to build my app and I have a travesty of commented out throwaway code and a billion debugging console.log statements throughout my app. Is there a way to have the build process remove all comments and console.log statements when it builds? The thought of doing it manually is scary!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42307317/stripping-all-comments-and-console-logs-with-ng-build-prod-possible

Answer 1

I have simple fix. Put this code in main.ts

if(env === 'prod') { // assuming you have env variable configured
  // check if window exists, if you render backend window will not be available 
  if(window){
      window.console.log = function(){};
   }
}