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ts-loader's default config makes Webpack extremely slow in larger projects #91

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@vilanz

The nature of ts-loader makes it slower as the project's size increases.
https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader#faster-builds

There are 2 options to make it fast:

  • Use a separate process for typechecking, following ts-loader's docs in the link above:
var ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin');
[ ... ]
  module: {
    rules: [{
        test: /\.ts$/,
        loaders: [{
          loader: 'ts-loader',
          options: {
              transpileOnly: true
          }
        }, 'angular2-template-loader']
      },
[ ... ].
  plugins: [
    new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin(),
[ ... ]
  • Use awesome-typescript-loader:
[ ... ]
  module: {
    rules: [{
        test: /\.ts$/,
        loaders: ['awesome-typescript-loader', 'angular2-template-loader']
      },
[ ... ]

Any inputs on if these changes breaks anything?

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