upgrade to angular4

Author: Ankur Srivastava

front/config/webpack.common.js

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
        */
       new ContextReplacementPlugin(
         // The (\\|\/) piece accounts for path separators in *nix and Windows
-        /angular(\\|\/)core(\\|\/)src(\\|\/)linker/,
+        /angular(\\|\/)core(\\|\/)@angular/,
         helpers.root('src'), // location of your src
         {
           // your Angular Async Route paths relative to this root directory

front/config/webpack.test.js

@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
        */
       new ContextReplacementPlugin(
         // The (\\|\/) piece accounts for path separators in *nix and Windows
-        /angular(\\|\/)core(\\|\/)(esm(\\|\/)src|src)(\\|\/)linker/,
+        /angular(\\|\/)core(\\|\/)@angular/,
         helpers.root('src'), // location of your src
         {
           // your Angular Async Route paths relative to this root directory

front/package.json

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
   "name": "angular2-webpack-starter",
-  "version": "5.4.1",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "description": "An Angular 2 Webpack Starter kit featuring Angular 2 (Router, Http, Forms, Services, Tests, E2E, Coverage), Karma, Protractor, Jasmine, Istanbul, TypeScript, and Webpack by AngularClass",
   "keywords": [
+    "angular",
     "angular2",
     "webpack",
     "typescript"
@@ -68,88 +69,88 @@
     "webpack": "webpack"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@angular/common": "2.4.6",
-    "@angular/compiler": "2.4.6",
-    "@angular/core": "2.4.6",
-    "@angular/forms": "2.4.6",
-    "@angular/http": "2.4.6",
-    "@angular/platform-browser": "2.4.6",
-    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "2.4.6",
-    "@angular/platform-server": "2.4.6",
-    "@angular/router": "3.4.6",
-    "@angularclass/conventions-loader": "^1.0.2",
+    "@angular/animations": "~4.0.3",
+    "@angular/common": "~4.0.3",
+    "@angular/compiler": "~4.0.3",
+    "@angular/core": "~4.0.3",
+    "@angular/forms": "~4.0.3",
+    "@angular/http": "~4.0.3",
+    "@angular/platform-browser": "~4.0.3",
+    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~4.0.3",
+    "@angular/platform-server": "~4.0.3",
+    "@angular/router": "~4.0.3",
+    "@angularclass/conventions-loader": "^1.0.13",
     "@angularclass/hmr": "~1.2.2",
     "@angularclass/hmr-loader": "~3.0.2",
     "core-js": "^2.4.1",
     "http-server": "^0.9.0",
     "ie-shim": "^0.1.0",
     "jasmine-core": "^2.5.2",
-    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.9",
-    "rxjs": "5.0.2",
-    "zone.js": "0.7.6"
+    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.10",
+    "rxjs": "~5.3.0",
+    "zone.js": "~0.8.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@angular/compiler-cli": "2.4.6",
-    "@types/hammerjs": "^2.0.33",
-    "@types/jasmine": "^2.2.34",
-    "@types/node": "^7.0.0",
-    "@types/selenium-webdriver": "~2.53.39",
+    "@angular/compiler-cli": "~4.0.3",
+    "@types/hammerjs": "^2.0.34",
+    "@types/jasmine": "2.5.45",
+    "@types/node": "^7.0.13",
     "@types/source-map": "^0.5.0",
-    "@types/uglify-js": "^2.0.27",
-    "@types/webpack": "^2.0.0",
+    "@types/uglify-js": "^2.6.28",
+    "@types/webpack": "^2.2.15",
     "add-asset-html-webpack-plugin": "^1.0.2",
-    "angular2-template-loader": "^0.6.0",
+    "angular2-template-loader": "^0.6.2",
     "assets-webpack-plugin": "^3.5.1",
-    "awesome-typescript-loader": "~3.0.0-beta.18",
-    "codelyzer": "~2.0.0-beta.4",
-    "copy-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.0",
-    "css-loader": "^0.26.0",
-    "exports-loader": "^0.6.3",
-    "expose-loader": "^0.7.1",
-    "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "~2.0.0-rc.3",
-    "file-loader": "^0.10.0",
+    "awesome-typescript-loader": "~3.1.2",
+    "codelyzer": "~2.1.1",
+    "copy-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.1",
+    "css-loader": "^0.28.0",
+    "exports-loader": "^0.6.4",
+    "expose-loader": "^0.7.3",
+    "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "~2.1.0",
+    "file-loader": "^0.11.1",
     "find-root": "^1.0.0",
     "gh-pages": "^0.12.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^2.28.0",
-    "imports-loader": "^0.7.0",
+    "imports-loader": "^0.7.1",
     "istanbul-instrumenter-loader": "2.0.0",
     "jasmine-core": "^2.5.2",
     "json-loader": "^0.5.4",
-    "karma": "^1.4.1",
+    "karma": "^1.6.0",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^2.0.0",
     "karma-coverage": "^1.1.1",
-    "karma-jasmine": "^1.0.2",
-    "karma-mocha-reporter": "^2.2.2",
+    "karma-jasmine": "^1.1.0",
+    "karma-mocha-reporter": "^2.2.3",
     "karma-remap-coverage": "^0.1.4",
     "karma-sourcemap-loader": "^0.3.7",
-    "karma-webpack": "2.0.1",
+    "karma-webpack": "~2.0.3",
     "ng-router-loader": "^2.1.0",
-    "ngc-webpack": "1.1.0",
-    "node-sass": "^4.5.0",
-    "npm-run-all": "^4.0.1",
+    "ngc-webpack": "~2.0.0",
+    "node-sass": "^4.5.2",
+    "npm-run-all": "^4.0.2",
     "optimize-js-plugin": "0.0.4",
-    "parse5": "^3.0.1",
-    "protractor": "^4.0.14",
+    "parse5": "^3.0.2",
+    "protractor": "^5.1.1",
     "raw-loader": "0.5.1",
-    "rimraf": "~2.6.0",
-    "sass-loader": "^6.0.0",
-    "script-ext-html-webpack-plugin": "^1.6.2",
-    "source-map-loader": "^0.1.5",
-    "string-replace-loader": "1.0.5",
-    "style-loader": "^0.13.1",
-    "to-string-loader": "^1.1.4",
-    "ts-node": "^2.0.0",
-    "tslib": "^1.5.0",
+    "rimraf": "~2.6.1",
+    "sass-loader": "^6.0.3",
+    "script-ext-html-webpack-plugin": "^1.7.1",
+    "source-map-loader": "^0.2.1",
+    "string-replace-loader": "~1.2.0",
+    "style-loader": "^0.16.1",
+    "to-string-loader": "^1.1.5",
+    "ts-node": "^3.0.2",
+    "tslib": "^1.6.1",
     "tslint": "~4.5.1",
-    "tslint-loader": "^3.3.0",
-    "typedoc": "^0.5.3",
-    "typescript": "~2.1.6",
-    "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
-    "webpack": "2.2.0",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.10.0",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "2.4.1",
+    "tslint-loader": "^3.5.2",
+    "typedoc": "^0.5.10",
+    "typescript": "~2.2.2",
+    "url-loader": "^0.5.8",
+    "webpack": "~2.4.1",
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.10.1",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "~2.4.2",
     "webpack-dll-bundles-plugin": "^1.0.0-beta.5",
-    "webpack-merge": "~3.0.0"
+    "webpack-merge": "~4.1.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",