[AOT] @ngtools/webpack throws "Cannot find module './ngfactory/app/app.module.ngfactory'"

OS?

Windows_NT 10.0.10586

Description.

I’m trying to integrate @ngtools/webpack into my custom webpack build and is getting Cannot find module './ngfactory/app/app.module.ngfactory' error. The source of the error is here. I’ve managed to suppress the error by disabling this check.

Repro steps.

Github repo: https://github.com/DzmitryShylovich/ngtools-error

npm i
npm start

The log given by the failure.

ERROR in ./app/main.aot.ts
Module build failed: Error: D:/Workspace/ngtools-error/app/main.aot.ts (3,34): Cannot find module './ngfactory/app/app.module.ngfactory'.)
    at _transpile (D:\Workspace\ngtools-error\node_modules\@ngtools\webpack\src\loader.js:101:19)
    at D:\Workspace\ngtools-error\node_modules\@ngtools\webpack\src\loader.js:125:26

[Meligy]

Anyone still getting this?

[karthikeyanVK]

When you run the ng build in angular 2, latest angular-cli automatically runs with --aot parameter (ahead of time compilation), so it is trying to optimize your code. You are having a package that is not yet compatible for optimizing. So you need update to your packages. Most probably the packages that has forRoot() in your app.module.ts

I recommend to update all packages.

Easy way to update your package is to the use package below, which i got it from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36597780/how-do-i-correctly-upgrade-angular-2-npm-to-the-latest-version

Install

npm install -g npm-check-updates

Usage

ncu for display

ncu -u for re-writing your package.json

and run npm install to update your packages