In Angular2Spa webpack config, use "--env.prod" arg to trigger prod builds instead of ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT env var. This is to guarantee production mode when publishing.

Author: SteveSandersonMS

templates/Angular2Spa/project.json

@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 "scripts":{
 "prepublish": [
 "npm install",
-"node node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --config webpack.config.vendor.js",
-"node node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js"
+"node node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --config webpack.config.vendor.js --env.prod",
+"node node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --env.prod"
  ],
 "postpublish": [ "dotnet publish-iis --publish-folder %publish:OutputPath% --framework %publish:FullTargetFramework%" ]
  },

templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.js

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+varisDevBuild=process.argv.indexOf('--env.prod')<0;
 varpath=require('path');
 varwebpack=require('webpack');
 
-varisDevBuild=process.env.ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT==='Development';
-
 module.exports={
 devtool: isDevBuild ? 'inline-source-map' : null,
 resolve: {extensions: ['','.js','.ts']},

templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.vendor.js

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+varisDevBuild=process.argv.indexOf('--env.prod')<0;
 varpath=require('path');
 varwebpack=require('webpack');
 varExtractTextPlugin=require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
 varextractCSS=newExtractTextPlugin('vendor.css');
-varisDevelopment=process.env.ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT==='Development';
 
 module.exports={
 resolve: {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports ={
 path: path.join(__dirname,'wwwroot','dist','[name]-manifest.json'),
 name: '[name]_[hash]'
 })
-].concat(isDevelopment ? [] : [
+].concat(isDevBuild ? [] : [
 newwebpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({compress: {warnings: false}})
 ])
 };