App compiled with AngularCompilerPlugin fails to start

[totycro]

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Area

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- [ ] schematics

Versions

node --version: v8.11.1
npm --version: 5.6.0
Linux Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (Xenial Xerus), building in docker image node:8.11.1
Please see also my package.json below

Repro steps

1. ./node_modules/.bin/webpack --colors --config webpack.aot.config.js
2. Try start app in browser

The log given by the failure

core.js:5722 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined
    at eval (core.js:5722)
    at ZoneDelegate.invoke (zone.js:387)
    at Object.onInvoke (core.js:4981)
    at ZoneDelegate.invoke (zone.js:386)
    at Zone.run (zone.js:137)
    at NgZone.run (core.js:4798)
    at PlatformRef.bootstrapModuleFactory (core.js:5721)
    at eval (main.ts:27)
    at Object../src/app/main.ts (bundle-7930b82….js:737)
    at __webpack_require__ (bundle-7930b82….js:20)

Desired functionality

App starts and angular is initialized.

Mention any other details that might be useful

Apparently, there's a problem with the AOT configuration. main.ts is transformed to this:

var AppComponent = (function () {
    function AppComponent() {
        this.foo = 4;
    }
    return AppComponent;
}());

var AppModule = (function () {
    function AppModule() {
    }
    return AppModule;
}());

_angular_platform_browser__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_3__["platformBrowser"]().bootstrapModuleFactory(_main_ngfactory__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_2__["AppModuleNgFactory"]);

However the first parameter to bootstrapModuleFactory is an object of type NgModuleFactory_, which has a property moduleType with value undefined. It seems that AppComponent isn't properly compiled to an NgFactory.

Later the moduleType.name is used, which leads to the exception posted above and the app doesn't even start.

Please let me know if I can provide you with any more information.

main.ts:

import 'zone.js';
import 'reflect-metadata';

import { Component, NgModule } from '@angular/core';

import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic";


@Component({
    selector: 'xxx',
    template: `
        AOT example {{ foo }}
    `
})
export class AppComponent {
    public foo: number = 4;
    constructor(
    ) {}
}

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        FormsModule,
    ],
    providers:    [],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap:    [AppComponent],
})
export class AppModule {}

platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

webpack.aot.config:

var ngtools = require('@ngtools/webpack');
var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
var path = require('path');

console.log("Production (AOT) Mode");

module.exports = {
    mode: 'development',

    entry: "./src/app/main.ts",

    output: {
        path: path.join(process.cwd(), 'build'),
        filename: "bundle-[hash].js"
    },

    resolve: {
        extensions: [".ts", ".js", ".tpl.html", ".html"]
    },

    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.ts$/,
                loader: '@ngtools/webpack'
            }
        ]
    },

    plugins: [
        new ngtools.AngularCompilerPlugin({
            tsConfigPath: path.join(process.cwd(), 'tsconfig.json'),
            entryModule: path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/app/main#AppModule'),
            skipCodeGeneration: false
        }),
        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
            template: 'src/index.html'
        })
    ]
};

package.json:

{
  "name": "XXX"
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "",
  "scripts": {},
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "",
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/common": "5.2.10",
    "@angular/compiler": "5.2.10",
    "@angular/core": "5.2.10",
    "@angular/forms": "5.2.10",
    "@angular/http": "5.2.10",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "5.2.10",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "5.2.10",
    "@angular/router": "5.2.10",
    "@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap": "1.1.2",
    "autoprefixer": "^8.3.0",
    "bootstrap": "4.1.0",
    "core-js": "2.5.5",
    "font-awesome": "4.7.0",
    "lodash-es": "4.17.5",
    "ng2-file-upload": "1.3.0",
    "ng2-toasty": "^4.0.0",
    "ngx-feature-toggle": "^5.1.1",
    "react": "^16.3.2",
    "rxjs": "5.5.10",
    "systemjs": "0.21.3",
    "typings": "2.1.1",
    "zone.js": "0.8.26"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular/cli": "1.7.4",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "5.2.10",
    "@ngtools/webpack": "1.10.2",
    "@types/lodash-es": "^4.14.107",
    "@types/node": "^9.6.6",
    "angular2-template-loader": "0.6.2",
    "browser-sync-webpack-plugin": "2.2.2",
    "canonical-path": "0.0.2",
    "concurrently": "3.5.1",
    "css-loader": "0.28.11",
    "file-loader": "^1.1.11",
    "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.0",
    "jquery": "^3.3.1",
    "node-sass": "^4.5.2",
    "popper.js": "^1.14.3",
    "postcss-loader": "^2.0.6",
    "raw-loader": "0.5.1",
    "reflect-metadata": "0.1.12",
    "sass-loader": "7.0.1",
    "style-loader": "0.21.0",
    "ts-loader": "4.2.0",
    "tslint": "^5.5.0",
    "typescript": "2.8.3",
    "webpack": "4.6.0",
    "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "2.11.1",
    "webpack-cli": "^2.0.15",
    "webpack-dev-server": "3.1.3"
  },
  "repository": {}
}

[alexeagle]

This issue was moved to angular/angular-cli#12113