Intermediate commit:

- webpack build does not run successfully, typescript errors out, saying
  "TS2304: Cannot find name 'module'." or 'require' or 'process' in
  certain .ts files.

config/helpers.js

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+var path = require('path');
+var _root = path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
+function root(args) {
+    args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
+    return path.join.apply(path, [_root].concat(args));
+}
+exports.root = root;

config/webpack.common.js

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+var webpack = require('webpack');
+var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
+var ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
+var helpers = require('./helpers');
+
+module.exports = {
+    entry: {
+        'polyfills': './src/polyfills.ts',
+        'vendor': './src/vendor.ts',
+        'app': './src/main.ts'
+    },
+
+    resolve: {
+        extensions: ['.ts', '.js']
+    },
+
+    module: {
+        rules: [
+            {
+                test: /\.ts$/,
+                loaders: [
+                    {
+                        loader: 'awesome-typescript-loader',
+                        options: {
+                            configFileName: helpers.root('src', 'tsconfig.json')
+                        }
+                    },
+                    'angular2-template-loader'
+                ]
+            },
+            {
+                test: /\.html$/,
+                use: 'html-loader'
+            },
+            {
+                test: /\.(png|jpe?g|gif|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot|ico)$/,
+                use: 'file-loader?name=assets/[name].[hash].[ext]'
+            },
+            // {
+            //     test: /\.css$/,
+            //     exclude: helpers.root('src', 'app'),
+            //     use: ExtractTextPlugin.extract({
+            //         fallback: 'style-loader',
+            //         use: 'css-loader?sourceMap'
+            //     })
+            // },
+            {
+                test: /\.css$/,
+                include: helpers.root('src', 'app'),
+                use: 'raw-loader'
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+
+    plugins: [
+        // Workaround for angular/angular#11580
+        new webpack.ContextReplacementPlugin(
+            // The (\\|\/) piece accounts for path separators in *nix and Windows
+            /angular(\\|\/)core(\\|\/)(esm(\\|\/)src|src)(\\|\/)linker/,
+            helpers.root('./src'), // location of your src
+            {} // a map of your routes
+        ),
+
+        new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
+            name: ['app', 'vendor', 'polyfills']
+        }),
+
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+            template: 'src/index.html'
+        }),
+
+        new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
+            comments: false
+        })
+    ]
+};

config/webpack.dev.js

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+var webpackMerge = require('webpack-merge');
+var ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
+var commonConfig = require('./webpack.common.js');
+var helpers = require('./helpers');
+
+module.exports = webpackMerge(commonConfig, {
+    devtool: 'cheap-module-eval-source-map',
+
+    output: {
+        path: helpers.root('dist'),
+        publicPath: 'http://localhost:8080/',
+        filename: '[name].js',
+        chunkFilename: '[id].chunk.js'
+    },
+
+    plugins: [
+        new ExtractTextPlugin('[name].css')
+    ],
+
+    devServer: {
+        historyApiFallback: true,
+        stats: 'minimal'
+    }
+});