assets folder doesn't exist

[invegat]

ng server made this error
"ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'C:\Angular2\material2-app\src\assets'"
my actions:
git clone -b master --single-branch https://github.com/jelbourn/material2-app.git
cd material2-app
npm install
npm start

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The directory 'C:\Angular2\material2-app\src\assets'" doesn't exist.

[realtebo]

I'm using latest node LTS (6.9.1) and npm is at v3.10.9 on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.
Same problem.

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'C:\Users\realtebo\Downloads\material2-app\src\assets'
    at Error (native)
    at Object.fs.statSync (fs.js:987:18)
    at C:\Users\realtebo\Downloads\material2-app\node_modules\angular-cli\plugins\glob-copy-webpack-plugin.js:16:64
    at Array.map (native)
    at GlobCopyWebpackPlugin.apply (C:\Users\realtebo\Downloads\material2-app\node_modules\angular-cli\plugins\glob-copy-webpack-plugin.js:16:29)
    at Compiler.apply (C:\Users\realtebo\Downloads\material2-app\node_modules\tapable\lib\Tapable.js:233:16)
    at WebpackOptionsApply.process (C:\Users\realtebo\Downloads\material2-app\node_modules\webpack\lib\WebpackOptionsApply.js:59:18)
    at webpack (C:\Users\realtebo\Downloads\material2-app\node_modules\webpack\lib\webpack.js:28:48)
    at Class.run (C:\Users\realtebo\Downloads\material2-app\node_modules\angular-cli\tasks\serve-webpack.js:25:27)
    at C:\Users\realtebo\Downloads\material2-app\node_modules\angular-cli\commands\serve.js:93:26
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)

I noticed these warn at the end of build process:

npm WARN @ngtools/[email protected] requires a peer of @angular/[email protected] but none was installed.
npm WARN @ngtools/[email protected] requires a peer of @angular/[email protected] but none was installed.

[realtebo]

cd src
mkdir assets
cd ..
ng server

But it's still NOT working

ERROR in ./src/main.ts
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve './aot/app/app.module.ngfactory' in 'C:\Users\realtebo\Downloads\material2-app\src'
 @ ./src/main.ts 8:0-76
 @ multi main
Child html-webpack-plugin for "index.html":
         Asset    Size  Chunks       Chunk Names
    index.html  3.4 kB       0
webpack: bundle is now VALID.
[default] Checking started in a separate process...
[default] C:\Users\realtebo\Downloads\material2-app\src\main.ts:25:42
    Cannot find module './aot/app/app.module.ngfactory'.
[default] Checking finished with 1 errors

[barakakoun]

Try this:

1. Make the 'assets' folder manually
2. Run ./node_modules/.bin/ngc -p ./src/ (as written in the main.ts file)
   Then run again.
   Worked for me :)

[realtebo]

I restart from scratch.
Note that I'm workingw with node 6.9.1,npm, 3.10.9, Windows 7 Pro 64bit, on a subdir of <my_user> folder, so I surely have read/write permissions. Also, each of following commands is executed from a command prompt without admin rights.

Completely clear npm cache

rmdir <my_user>\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache /Q /S

Remove entire folder project

rmdir <my_user>\material2-app /Q /S

Re-cloned and re-installed npm modules

cd <my_user>\Downloads
git clone https://github.com/jelbourn/material2-app.git
cd material2-app
npm install

Trying @barakakoun 's method

cd src
mkdir assets
cd ..
.\node_modules\.bin\ngc -p .\src\
ng server

Esit

App working

Question 1: why is it needed AoT compiling?
Question 2: what does ngc -p do ?

Suggestion: please add to main read.me a short paragraph about the need of Aot compiling. I think other newbies, like me, never will open the main.ts before try to run it.

[hswolf]

Hi @realtebo,
For your questions:

1. It is related to performance, you can find more here https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/cookbook/aot-compiler.html
2. I have no idea :), but if you take a look at src/main.ts there is a comment say that you need to run that comment before boostraping the app.