I am not able to attach or launch debugger with VS Code
However, as there are only index.js files and with sourcemap files, is there anything I am missing.
Please find ref. code

tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "declaration": false,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "module": "commonjs",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "outDir": "dist",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "sourceRoot": "src",
    "noEmitHelpers": true,
    "target": "es5",
    "typeRoots": [
      "node_modules/@types"
    ],
    "lib": ["es6", "dom"]
  },
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules"
  ],
  "angularCompilerOptions": {
    "debug": false
  },
  "compileOnSave": false,
  "buildOnSave": false,
  "atom": { "rewriteTsconfig": false }
}

Chrome VS Code Launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Launch",
            "type": "node",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/server.ts",
            "stopOnEntry": false,
            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
            "preLaunchTask": null,
            "runtimeExecutable": null,
            "runtimeArgs": [
                "--nolazy"
            ],
            "env": {
                "NODE_ENV": "development"
            },
            "externalConsole": false,
            "sourceMaps": true,
            "outDir": null
        },
        {
            "name": "Attach",
            "type": "node",
            "request": "attach",
            "port": 5858,
            "address": "localhost",
            "restart": false,
            "sourceMaps": false,
            "outDir": null,
            "localRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
            "remoteRoot": null
        },
        {
            "name": "Attach to Process",
            "type": "node",
            "request": "attach",
            "processId": "${command.PickProcess}",
            "port": 5858,
            "sourceMaps": true,
            "outDir": null
        }
    ]
}`

Can you help?

Are you going to update this project, to use newest angular version?

Hi I'm super excited about this project, can't wait to get hacking on it. Unfortunately, I am blocked at this point.

I got warnings when I ran npm install:

> [email protected] install /home/bkinsey/opt/pmachowski/angular2-starter-kit/node_modules/node-zopfli
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

make: Entering directory '/home/bkinsey/opt/pmachowski/angular2-starter-kit/node_modules/node-zopfli/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/zopfli/src/zopfli-binding.o
../src/zopfli-binding.cc: In static member function ‘static Nan::NAN_METHOD_RETURN_TYPE nodezopfli::CompressBinding::Sync(Nan::NAN_METHOD_ARGS_TYPE)’:
../src/zopfli-binding.cc:173:20: warning: ‘format’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
     &out, &outsize);
                    ^
../src/zopfli-binding.cc: In static member function ‘static Nan::NAN_METHOD_RETURN_TYPE nodezopfli::CompressBinding::Async(Nan::NAN_METHOD_ARGS_TYPE)’:
../src/zopfli-binding.cc:105:78: warning: ‘format’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
  : Nan::AsyncWorker(callback), format(format), zopfli_options(zopfli_options) {
                                                                             ^
../src/zopfli-binding.cc:150:16: note: ‘format’ was declared here
   ZopfliFormat format;
                ^
./Release/.deps/Release/obj.target/zopfli/src/zopfli-binding.o.d.raw { dev: 2052,

Also when I ran npm start I got this:

> [email protected] prestart /home/bkinsey/opt/pmachowski/angular2-starter-kit
> npm run build


> [email protected] prebuild /home/bkinsey/opt/pmachowski/angular2-starter-kit
> npm run clean:dist


> [email protected] clean:dist /home/bkinsey/opt/pmachowski/angular2-starter-kit
> rimraf dist


> [email protected] build /home/bkinsey/opt/pmachowski/angular2-starter-kit
> node tools/build.prod.js

zlib.js:227
    callback(err, buf);
    ^

TypeError: callback is not a function
    at Gzip.onEnd (zlib.js:227:5)
    at emitNone (events.js:85:20)
    at Gzip.emit (events.js:179:7)
    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:913:12)
    at _combinedTickCallback (node.js:377:13)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:401:11)

npm ERR! Linux 4.2.0-34-generic
npm ERR! argv "/home/bkinsey/.nvm/versions/node/v5.7.1/bin/node" "/home/bkinsey/.nvm/versions/node/v5.7.1/bin/npm" "run" "build"
npm ERR! node v5.7.1
npm ERR! npm  v3.6.0
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! [email protected] build: `node tools/build.prod.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] build script 'node tools/build.prod.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the angular2-starter-kit package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node tools/build.prod.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs angular2-starter-kit
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls angular2-starter-kit
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/bkinsey/opt/pmachowski/angular2-starter-kit/npm-debug.log

npm ERR! Linux 4.2.0-34-generic
npm ERR! argv "/home/bkinsey/.nvm/versions/node/v5.7.1/bin/node" "/home/bkinsey/.nvm/versions/node/v5.7.1/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v5.7.1
npm ERR! npm  v3.6.0
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! [email protected] prestart: `npm run build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] prestart script 'npm run build'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the angular2-starter-kit package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     npm run build
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs angular2-starter-kit
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls angular2-starter-kit
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/bkinsey/opt/pmachowski/angular2-starter-kit/npm-debug.log

(but there was no log)

Styles defined in @component as text or require call are not rendered on server.
They appear when Angular is started.

Below is a snippet of the page source. This is a fresh checkout from the latest repo here on github:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Angular 2 Starter Kit - Uniwersal, Webpack, PostCSS, Node.js/Express</title>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="assets/images/favicon.ico">
    <base href="/"></base>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css" media="screen" charset="utf-8">
  </head>
  <body>
    <!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
    <title>Angular 2 Starter Kit - Uniwersal, Webpack, PostCSS, Node.js/Express</title>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="assets/images/favicon.ico">
    <base href="/">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css" media="screen" charset="utf-8">
  </head>
  <body>
    <app><router-outlet></router-outlet>

Why is it doing this? and how do I make it stop?

Tried on Windows 8 and 10 (I assume you won't see this issue on Mac).
Error output:

npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10586
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "i"
npm ERR! node v6.3.1
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.3
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the fsevents package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs fsevents
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls fsevents
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     B:\Source\angular2-starter-kit-master\npm-debug.log

Any help is appreciated

Getting this Error: Server Error with following stack trace when running production mode i.e. npm run serve. Below I have also included the browser console output.

Error: Server Error at E:\0000.src\02.web.02\00.webpack\angular2-starter-kit-master\dist\private\server.js:83:23 at Layer.handle_error (E:\0000.src\02.web.02\00.webpack\angular2-starter-kit-master\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:71:5) at trim_prefix (E:\0000.src\02.web.02\00.webpack\angular2-starter-kit-master\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:310:13) at E:\0000.src\02.web.02\00.webpack\angular2-starter-kit-master\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:280:7 at Function.process_params (E:\0000.src\02.web.02\00.webpack\angular2-starter-kit-master\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:330:12) at next (E:\0000.src\02.web.02\00.webpack\angular2-starter-kit-master\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:271:10) at E:\0000.src\02.web.02\00.webpack\angular2-starter-kit-master\dist\private\server.js:69:13 at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (E:\0000.src\02.web.02\00.webpack\angular2-starter-kit-master\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5) at trim_prefix (E:\0000.src\02.web.02\00.webpack\angular2-starter-kit-master\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:312:13) at E:\0000.src\02.web.02\00.webpack\angular2-starter-kit-master\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:280:7 DEPRECATION WARNING:renderToStringWithPrebootis no longer supported and will be removed in next release. DEPRECATION WARNING:renderToStringis no longer supported and will be removed in next release. DEPRECATION WARNING:renderToStringWithPrebootis no longer supported and will be removed in next release. DEPRECATION WARNING:renderToStringis no longer supported and will be removed in next release.

Browser console output:
dom_adapter.ts:143POST http://localhost:3000/sockjs-node/464/f41f5cug/xhr_streaming?t=1461350744960 500 (Internal Server Error)scheduleTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143ZoneDelegate.scheduleTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143Zone.scheduleMacroTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143(anonymous function) @ dom_adapter.ts:143send @ VM1625:3AbstractXHRObject._start @ abstract-xhr.js:128(anonymous function) @ abstract-xhr.js:21ZoneDelegate.invokeTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143Zone.runTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143ZoneTask.invoke @ dom_adapter.ts:143 (index):1 EventSource's response has a MIME type ("text/html") that is not "text/event-stream". Aborting the connection. 3VM1784 worker.js:10Uncaught reflect-metadata shim is required when using class decorators(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:10(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:10__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:9__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:1__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:10__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:6__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:1__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:23__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:1__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:1 websocket.js:32 WebSocket connection to 'ws://localhost:3000/sockjs-node/464/xc03qg3h/websocket' failed: Connection closed before receiving a handshake response dom_adapter.ts:143POST http://localhost:3000/sockjs-node/464/ilyvw4dg/xhr?t=1461350747181 500 (Internal Server Error)scheduleTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143ZoneDelegate.scheduleTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143Zone.scheduleMacroTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143(anonymous function) @ dom_adapter.ts:143send @ VM1625:3AbstractXHRObject._start @ abstract-xhr.js:128(anonymous function) @ abstract-xhr.js:21ZoneDelegate.invokeTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143Zone.runTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143ZoneTask.invoke @ dom_adapter.ts:143 jsonp?c=_jp.alntfjc:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token < client:70 [WDS] Disconnected!sock.onclose @ client:70EventTarget.dispatchEvent @ eventtarget.js:49(anonymous function) @ main.js:356ZoneDelegate.invokeTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143Zone.runTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143ZoneTask.invoke @ dom_adapter.ts:143 VM1784 worker.js:10Uncaught reflect-metadata shim is required when using class decorators(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:10(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:10__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:9__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:1__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:10__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:6__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:1__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:23__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:1__webpack_require__ @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:1(anonymous function) @ VM1784 worker.js:1 dom_adapter.ts:143 POST http://localhost:3000/sockjs-node/689/qcqbzzg5/xhr_streaming?t=1461350750402 500 (Internal Server Error)scheduleTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143ZoneDelegate.scheduleTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143Zone.scheduleMacroTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143(anonymous function) @ dom_adapter.ts:143send @ VM1625:3AbstractXHRObject._start @ abstract-xhr.js:128(anonymous function) @ abstract-xhr.js:21ZoneDelegate.invokeTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143Zone.runTask @ dom_adapter.ts:143ZoneTask.invoke @ dom_adapter.ts:143 (index):1 EventSource's response has a MIME type ("text/html") that is not "text/event-stream". Aborting the connection.

Support for http/2 would be an interesting and forward-thinking feature for this project.

Favicon is imported by require in src/server/index.html#L7.

Here is request url in browser, note the trailing )':
Request URL:http://localhost:3000/assets/images/favicon.ico')

This causes server to respond with entire page.

Typings ambient has been removed in favour of global, this breaks the build and should be fixed.

After turning server side rendering on with exports.HAS_SS = true; the page does not render server side.

Looking at the page's source we can still see <app><router-outlet></router-outlet></app> instead of the actual content as rendered in the browser.

Getting the following error in browser console:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'cleanup' of null (index):675

Not sure if related but also getting some deprecation warnings from Webpack:
DEPRECATION WARNING:renderToStringWithPrebootis no longer supported and will be removed in next release.
DEPRECATION WARNING:renderToStringis no longer supported and will be removed in next release.

I get this error when I run npm install:

npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.3.9600
npm ERR! argv "D:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\Pierrick\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "angular2-universal-preview"
npm ERR! node v5.8.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.8.1

npm ERR! No compatible version found: [email protected]
npm ERR! Valid install targets:
npm ERR! 0.70.8, 0.70.7, 0.70.6, 0.70.5, 0.70.4, 0.70.3, 0.70.2, 0.70.1, 0.70.0, 0.61.2, 0.61.1, 0.61.0, 0.60.2, 0.60.1, 0.60.0, 0.55.4, 0.55.3, 0.55.2, 0.55.1, 0.55.0, 0.52.0, 0.51.0, 0.50.0, 0.42.0, 0.41.2, 0.41.1, 0.41.0, 0.40.0, 0.32.2, 0.32.1, 0.32.0, 0.31.0, 0.30.1, 0.30.0, 0.29.0, 0.28.0, 0.27.0, 0.26.0, 0.25.0, 0.24.0, 0.23.1, 0.23.0, 0.22.1, 0.22.0, 0.21.0, 0.20.0, 0.19.0, 0.18.0, 0.17.0, 0.16.0, 0.14.0, 0.13.0, 0.12.1, 0.12.0, 0.11.0, 0.10.0, 0.9.0, 0.8.1, 0.8.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.0, 0.5.4, 0.5.3, 0.5.2, 0.5.1, 0.5.0, 0.4.7, 0.4.6, 0.4.4, 0.4.3, 0.4.2, 0.4.1, 0.4.0, 0.3.7, 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0, 0.2.0, 0.1.9, 0.1.8, 0.1.7, 0.1.6, 0.1.5, 0.1.3, 0.1.2, 0.1.1, 0.1.0

Why are you creating only one component "home" with all the content inside? this is not the grace of components!

i'm triyng add this project Clarity Ui im added ClarityModule node.module.ts and browser.module.ts but i get this error.

C:\Users\BioFr\Desktop\Bahis\dist\server\index.js:55915
        var /** @type {?} */ parentCtor = Object.getPrototypeOf(typeOrFunc.prototype).constructor;
                                                 ^

TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object
    at Function.getPrototypeOf (native)
    at ReflectionCapabilities.annotations (C:\Users\BioFr\Desktop\Bahis\dist\server\index.js:55915:50)
    at Reflector.annotations (C:\Users\BioFr\Desktop\Bahis\dist\server\index.js:56107:44)
    at DirectiveResolver.isDirective (C:\Users\BioFr\Desktop\Bahis\dist\server\index.js:15407:61)
    at CompileMetadataResolver._getTypeDescriptor (C:\Users\BioFr\Desktop\Bahis\dist\server\index.js:16707:37)
    at C:\Users\BioFr\Desktop\Bahis\dist\server\index.js:16591:130
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at CompileMetadataResolver.getNgModuleMetadata (C:\Users\BioFr\Desktop\Bahis\dist\server\index.js:16576:49)
    at JitCompiler._loadModules (C:\Users\BioFr\Desktop\Bahis\dist\server\index.js:48179:64)
    at JitCompiler._compileModuleAndComponents (C:\Users\BioFr\Desktop\Bahis\dist\server\index.js:48139:52)

Running npm run build:dev did not work for me out of the box.

I had to install a later version of fsevents under the dependencies section of packages.json, as follows:

"fsevents": "^1.0.14"

(npm install [email protected] --save)

There are some issues when running node scripts on Windows machines, mainly related to ENV variables being used: NODE_ENV, etc

Affected tasks: install, build, etc

Thank you.