Watch files compile error (TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object)

[raphaelluchini]

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• What is the current behavior? I've tried a fresh install and ran npm run start:dev:hmr. When I edit a file, the watcher throw a error

• If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce and if possible a minimal demo of the problem via https://plnkr.co or similar (you can use this template as a starting point: http://plnkr.co/edit/tpl:AvJOMERrnz94ekVua0u5).

  
  git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/angularclass/angular2-webpack-starter.git

cd angular2-webpack-starter

npm install

npm run server:dev:hmr

* **What is the expected behavior?**
Watch the files and provide a updated version on the browser

* **Please tell us about your environment:**

- OSX Sierra
- Node v6.9.5
- NPM 3.10.10
- Angular version: 2.4.6
- Browser: [all ]

* **Other information** (e.g. detailed explanation, stacktraces, related issues, suggestions how to fix, links for us to have context, eg. stackoverflow, gitter, etc)

webpack: Compiling... webpack: wait until bundle finished: /vendor.dll.js webpack: wait until bundle finished: /polyfills.bundle.js webpack: wait until bundle finished: /vendor.bundle.js webpack: wait until bundle finished: /main.bundle.js DLL: Checking if DLLs are valid. DLL: All DLLs are valid. TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object at Compiler. (/Users/raphaelluchini/workplace/app/node_modules/awesome-typescript-loader/src/instance.ts:334:37) at next (/Users/raphaelluchini/workplace/app/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:140:14) at Compiler.compilerInvalid (/Users/raphaelluchini/workplace/app/node_modules/webpack-dev-middleware/lib/Shared.js:144:5) at next (/Users/raphaelluchini/workplace/app/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:140:14) at Compiler.compiler.plugin (/Users/raphaelluchini/workplace/app/node_modules/webpack/lib/CachePlugin.js:32:5) at next (/Users/raphaelluchini/workplace/app/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:140:14) at /Users/raphaelluchini/workplace/app/node_modules/src/DllBundlesPlugin.ts:73:20 at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)

[raphaelluchini]

Seems has been fixed!

It was a bug on awesome-typescript-loader dependency!

See: https://github.com/s-panferov/awesome-typescript-loader/pull/379

[margaris23]

Yes it does. Nice!