build: remove webpack process and replace with tsc

package.json

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
     "lint": "ng lint ng-universal-demo",
     "build:client-and-server-bundles": "ng build --prod && ng run ng-universal-demo:server:production",
     "build:prerender": "npm run build:client-and-server-bundles && npm run webpack:server && npm run generate:prerender",
-    "build:ssr": "npm run build:client-and-server-bundles && npm run webpack:server",
+    "build:ssr": "npm run build:client-and-server-bundles && npm run compile:server",
+    "compile:server": "tsc -p server.tsconfig.json",
     "generate:prerender": "cd dist && node prerender",
-    "webpack:server": "webpack --config webpack.server.config.js --progress --colors",
     "serve:prerender": "cd dist/browser && http-server",
     "serve:ssr": "node dist/server"
   },
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.10",
     "ts-loader": "^4.2.0",
     "tslint": "^5.7.0",
-    "typescript": "~2.7.2",
-    "webpack-cli": "^3.1.0"
+    "typescript": "~2.7.2"
   }
 }

server.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const PORT = process.env.PORT || 4000;
 const DIST_FOLDER = join(process.cwd(), 'dist');
 
 // * NOTE :: leave this as require() since this file is built Dynamically from webpack
-const {AppServerModuleNgFactory, LAZY_MODULE_MAP} = require('./dist/server/main');
+const {AppServerModuleNgFactory, LAZY_MODULE_MAP} = require('./server/main');
 
 // Our Universal express-engine (found @ https://github.com/angular/universal/tree/master/modules/express-engine)
 app.engine('html', ngExpressEngine({

server.tsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "compileOnSave": false,
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "declaration": false,
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "target": "es5",
+    "typeRoots": [
+      "node_modules/@types"
+    ],
+    "lib": [
+      "es2017",
+      "dom"
+    ]
+  },
+  "include": ["server.ts"]
+}