Cannot build

[joaogarin]

Cannot build

[itsJess1ca]

I've just run into this issue today on a fresh install.
Typescript if at 2.0.10
Angular is at 2.4.0

Error =

node_modules\webpack-target-electron-renderer\node_modules\webpack\lib\ExternalModuleFactoryPlugin.js:37
                                        if(externals === dependency.request) {
                                                                   ^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'request' of undefined

[NicolasNeubauer]

agabidullin: same here. Windows 10. removed all ^ from package.json, reinstalled node 6.9.4, cleared all caches, nothing works. Works on Mac OS X btw. same event, ran npm i for some random package, afterwards same "cannot read property request of undefined" appears.

[joaogarin]

Hello Tks for pointing this out, seems like updating typescript to 2.1 was a bad idea!;P there are some issues angular/angular-cli#1922 (this repo is not using the cli but the issue is simillar).

You can try it now, I just tested and seems to be working well.I moved typescript back to 2.0

[FantasticFiasco]

Thank you very much! It builds fine now on my machine, you've earned a star on the project.

Angular + Electron, here I come...

[joaogarin]

Great!!tks mate! Have fun =)

[agabidullin]

Windows 10
Angular 2.4.2
Typescript: 2.0.0

After adding new package via "npm install --save @somepackage@" build crashed.
And every run "npm run build" will return the same error

node_modules\webpack-target-electron-renderer\node_modules\webpack\lib\ExternalModuleFactoryPlugin.js:37
if(externals === dependency.request) {
^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'request' of undefined

After deleting "node_modules" folder and run "npm install" - build will work fine.