CLI force me to have bootstrapModule in my main module

Bug Report or Feature Request (mark with an x)

- [x] bug report
- [ ] feature request

Versions.

@angular/cli: 1.0.1
node: 7.10.0
os: darwin x64
@angular/common: 4.1.3
@angular/compiler: 4.1.3
@angular/core: 4.1.3
@angular/forms: 4.1.3
@angular/http: 4.1.3
@angular/platform-browser: 4.1.3
@angular/platform-browser-dynamic: 4.1.3
@angular/router: 4.1.3
@angular/cli: 1.0.1
@angular/compiler-cli: 4.1.3

Repro steps.

The log given by the failure.

1. Setup an application on .angular-cli.json
2. Remove platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(DemoModule) from the main project
3. Try to run the test task for that application
4. It will show Tried to find bootstrap code, but could not. Specify either statically analyzable bootstrap code or pass in an entryModule to the plugins options.

$ ng test --app boa
Tried to find bootstrap code, but could not. Specify either statically analyzable bootstrap code or pass in an entryModule to the plugins options.
Error: Tried to find bootstrap code, but could not. Specify either statically analyzable bootstrap code or pass in an entryModule to the plugins options.
    at Object.resolveEntryModuleFromMain (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/@ngtools/webpack/src/entry_resolver.js:118:15)
    at AotPlugin._setupOptions (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/@ngtools/webpack/src/plugin.js:143:50)
    at new AotPlugin (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/@ngtools/webpack/src/plugin.js:26:14)
    at _createAotPlugin (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/typescript.js:55:12)
    at Object.exports.getNonAotTestConfig (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/typescript.js:103:19)
    at WebpackTestConfig.buildConfig (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/@angular/cli/models/webpack-test-config.js:17:31)
    at init (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/@angular/cli/plugins/karma.js:79:94)
    at Array.invoke (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/di/lib/injector.js:75:15)
    at Injector.get (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/di/lib/injector.js:48:43)
    at /Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/karma/lib/server.js:143:20
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at Server._start (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/karma/lib/server.js:142:21)
    at Injector.invoke (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/di/lib/injector.js:75:15)
    at Server.start (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/karma/lib/server.js:103:18)
    at Promise (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/@angular/cli/tasks/test.js:35:25)
    at Class.run (/Users/ubi/Sites/open_source/boa/node_modules/@angular/cli/tasks/test.js:15:16)
error Command failed with exit code 1.

Desired functionality.

The test should run without force me to have a bootstrapped application.

Mention any other details that might be useful.

Repo: https://github.com/straw-hat-llc/boa/tree/develop This project is trying to create a UI framework for be used cross multiple applications. Because of that, I actually don’t have an application (unless I am misunderstanding Angular), I actually have a bunch of code that compose a UI framework.

I am using boa app https://github.com/straw-hat-llc/boa/blob/develop/.angular-cli.json#L8 for setup the testing piece of the framework, just the spec testing because the e2e will be excluded, but because my main file do not contains a bootstrapModule the task is failing.

This should let me run the testing, base on this use case, I do not need a real application to be able to run. I am trying to test an framework code, no a real application (from the point of view that this is no meant to be deploy by it’s own)

[clydin]

The CLI is currently only intended for the creation of web applications. However, library creation support is planned for a future release.

[hansl]

@yordis Hi. We do not support libraries at the moment. What you’re seeing is failure from our code to find the entry NgModule, and if it cannot find it it will fail. We need that information for knowing where to start looking for routes. If you only want to run tests, you should be able to setup karma yourself and use the karma CLI.

For more information regarding libraries, see my comment here: https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/1692#issuecomment-304970595

I’m going to close this as Working-As-Intended.