AoT working again

example/app/app.module.ts

@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@ import { ValidationMessageComponent } from "./validation-message/validation-mess
 import { AppRoutingModule } from './app.routing.module';
 import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
 
-export function testValidator(formControl: FormControl) {
+export function customValidator(formControl: FormControl) {
+    return {customValidator: {valid: formControl.value ? (formControl.value as string).startsWith("abc") : false}};
+}
 
-    return {
-        testValidator: {
-            valid: formControl.value ? <string>formControl.value.startsWith("abc") : false
-        }
-    };
+export function mockBackendFactory(mockBackend: MockBackend, baseRequestOptions: BaseRequestOptions) {
+    return new Http(mockBackend, baseRequestOptions)
 }
 
 @NgModule({
@@ -69,15 +68,15 @@ export function testValidator(formControl: FormControl) {
         {
             provide: Http,
             deps: [MockBackend, BaseRequestOptions],
-            useFactory: (backend, options) => new Http(backend, options)
+            useFactory: mockBackendFactory
         },
         {
             provide: LocationStrategy,
             useClass: HashLocationStrategy
         },
         {
             provide: NG_VALIDATORS,
-            useValue: testValidator,
+            useValue: customValidator,
             multi: true
         }
     ],

example/app/main.aot.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//import { platformBrowser }    from "@angular/platform-browser";
-//import { AppModuleNgFactory } from "../aot/example/app/app.module.ngfactory";
+import { platformBrowser }    from "@angular/platform-browser";
+import { AppModuleNgFactory } from "../aot/example/app/app.module.ngfactory";
 
-//platformBrowser().bootstrapModuleFactory(AppModuleNgFactory);
+platformBrowser().bootstrapModuleFactory(AppModuleNgFactory);

package.json

@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@
   "scripts": {
     "compile:app:aot": "ngc -p tsconfig.aot.json",
     "bundle:app:rollup": "tsc -p tsconfig.aot.json && rollup -c rollup.config.js",
-    "bundle:app:webpack": "tsc && webpack --config ./webpack.config.js",
+    "bundle:app:webpack": "webpack --config ./webpack.config.js",
     "build:modules": "gulp build:modules",
     "ci:build": "gulp build:modules",
     "ci:test": "karma start karma.config.js --single-run",
     "ci:tsc": "tsc && echo ok || echo not ok",
     "gulp": "gulp",
     "karma": "karma start karma.config.js",
-    "start": "tsc && lite-server -c browsersync.config.js",
+    "start": "lite-server -c browsersync.config.js",
     "tests:e2e": "protractor protractor.config.js",
     "tests:unit": "karma start karma.config.js --single-run",
-    "tsc": "tsc -watch",
+    "tsc": "tsc",
+    "tsc:watch": "tsc -watch",
     "tslint": "tslint -c ./tslint.json",
     "watch": "gulp watch:modules",
     "webdriver:start": "webdriver-manager start",