typescript - How to prepare release version with SystemJS and Gulp?

Question

I use SystemJS in my Angular2 project. I use tsconfig file for TypeScript. I want to use gulp to concat and minify my code for production version. I am having an issues with concating the code: each time I try to concat files I get either 'angular' not defined or 'system' not defined. I tried to modify the order that I try to load my files from node modules, however I did not succeeded.

I was wondering if any of you had this issues, and found an answer to it?

Here is my gulp file:

var gulp = require('gulp'),
            .....


var paths = {
    dist: 'dist',
    vendor: {
        js: [
            'node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js',
            'node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2.dev.js',
            'node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2-polyfills.js',
            'node_modules/angular2/bundles/router.dev.js'
             ...
        ],
        css: []
},
    app: {
        templates: [
            'app/**/*.html',
            '!node_modules/*.html'
        ],
        scripts: [
            'app/**/*.ts',
            'app/config.ts',
            'app/app.ts'
        ]
    }
};

var tsProject = ts.createProject('tsconfig.json', {
    out: 'Whatever.js'
});

gulp.task('dev:build:templates', function () {
    return gulp.src(paths.app.templates)
        .pipe(ngHtml2Js({
            moduleName: 'Whatever',
            declareModule: false
        }))
        .pipe(concat("Whatever.tpls.min.js"))
        .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.dist));
});
gulp.task('prod:build:templates', function () {
    return gulp.src(paths.app.templates)
        .pipe(minifyHtml({
            empty: true,
            spare: true,
            quotes: true
        }))
        .pipe(ngHtml2Js({
            moduleName: 'whatever',
            declareModule: false
        }))
        .pipe(concat(paths.appName + ".tpls.min.js"))
        .pipe(uglify())
        .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.dist));
});

gulp.task('dev:build:scripts', function () {
    var tsResult = tsProject.src()
        .pipe(sourcemaps.init())
        .pipe(ts(tsProject));

    return tsResult.js
        .pipe(sourcemaps.write({
            sourceRoot: '/app'
        }))
        .pipe(concat('whatever.js'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.dist));
});

gulp.task('dev:build:styles', function () {
    return gulp.src(paths.app.styles)
        .pipe(sass())
        .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.dist + '/css'));
});
gulp.task('dev:build:vendor', function () {
    return gulp.src(paths.vendor.js)
        .pipe(concat('vendor.min.js'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.dist))
});

gulp.task('dev:build', [
    'dev:build:vendor',
    'dev:build:templates',
    'dev:build:scripts',
    'dev:build:styles',
], function () {
});

This is how I load my files:

   <script src="vendor.min.js"></script>
   <script src="Whatever.js"></script>
   <script src="Whatever.tpls.min.js"></script>

And here are the erors that I am getting:

Uncaught TypeError: Unexpected anonymous System.register call.(anonymous function) @ vendor.min.js:2680load.metadata.format @ vendor.min.js:3220oldModule @ vendor.min.js:3749(anonymous function) @ vendor.min.js:2411SystemJSLoader.register @ vendor.min.js:2636(anonymous function) @ Whatever.js:2
Whatever.tpls.min.js:1 Uncaught ReferenceError: angular is not defined

Answer 1

You will get " Unexpected anonymous System.register call" because the references are not being loaded in the correct order. I use JSPM to properly build my angular app for production. There are 4 parts to the process.

Part 1: Compile your typescript files

var ts = require("gulp-typescript");
var tsProject = ts.createProject("./App/tsconfig.json");
gulp.task("compile:ts", function () {
    var tsResult = tsProject.src()
        .pipe(ts(tsProject));
    tsResult.js.pipe(gulp.dest("./wwwroot/app"));

});