Aspnetcore-angular-universal: Prod Build fails when using signalr

[peterdobson]

Similar to issue Prod build failed #460 , but when using signalr the prod build fails with:

ERROR in main-client.js from UglifyJs
Unexpected token: name (NullLogger) [main-client.js:84763,6]

After removing webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin lines from webpack.config.js it publishes OK, but obviously files don't get minified.

There is a recent related fix in signalr, https://github.com/selfdeceited/bird-aggregator/commit/ef13204c30a8dcb250df8fb8eaf89b8533d85fc8 using uglifyjs-webpack-plugin instead of webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin. I've tried this fix but it causes the build to fail with this template

Anyone have any pearls of wisdom?

[MaklaCof]

I had the same problem, and found this thread, but I am not sure what is the current state of a problem.

[peterdobson]

Found a workaround on https://github.com/aspnet/SignalR/issues/983 which is working for me.

Need to replace:
import { HubConnection } from '@aspnet/signalr-client';
with:
import { HubConnection } from '@aspnet/signalr-client/dist/browser/signalr-clientES5-1.0.0-alpha2-final.min.js'

And I can now build for production with webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin

[CybrZr00]

For anyone using the newer version SignalR "@aspnet/signalr": "1.0.0-preview1-final" (At this time) the issue is supposed to be fixed!? but I found myself having to convert the ES6 signalr.js to ES5 using babel

[MarkPieszak]

@CybrZr00 @peterdobson @MaklaCof
It sounds like @aspnet/signalr is packaging their bundles incorrectly and bundling them as es2015, they should transpile them down to es5.
Try opening an issue there, they shouldn't -only- be publishing es2015, that must be a mistake!

Changing one line in their tsconfig to es5 would fix it, strangely enough.