Separate Angular2 TypeScript files and JavaScript files into different folders, maybe 'dist‘

Question

I am using the 5 min quickstart from angular.io website, which contain a file structure like this:

angular2-quickstart
 app
   app.component.ts
   boot.ts
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Answer 1

Angular2 TypeScript files and JavaScript files into different folder

Here is my config for Angular 2 the latest version V2.1.1, and it work very well!

tsconfig.json

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "es5",
        "module": "commonjs",
        "moduleResolution": "node",
        "sourceMap": true,
        "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
        "experimentalDecorators": true,
        "removeComments": false,
        "noImplicitAny": false,
        "outDir": "./app/dist"
    }
}

systemjs.config.js

/**
 * System configuration for Angular samples
 * Adjust as necessary for your application needs.
 */
(function (global) {
  System.config({
    paths: {
      // paths serve as alias
      'npm:': 'node_modules/'
    },
    // map tells the System loader where to look for things
    map: {
      // our app is within the app folder
      // app: 'app/dist',  &&  main: './dist/main.js',
      // Error: (SystemJS) XHR error (404 Not Found) loading http://localhost:3000/app/dist/dist/main.js(…)
      app: 'app',
      // angular bundles
      '@angular/core': 'npm:@angular/core/bundles/core.umd.js',
      '@angular/common': 'npm:@angular/common/bundles/common.umd.js',
      '@angular/compiler': 'npm:@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js',
      '@angular/platform-browser': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser/bundles/platform-browser.umd.js',
      '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/bundles/platform-browser-dynamic.umd.js',
      '@angular/http': 'npm:@angular/http/bundles/http.umd.js',
      '@angular/router': 'npm:@angular/router/bundles/router.umd.js',
      '@angular/forms': 'npm:@angular/forms/bundles/forms.umd.js',
      '@angular/upgrade': 'npm:@angular/upgrade/bundles/upgrade.umd.js',
      // other libraries
      'rxjs':                      'npm:rxjs',
      'angular-in-memory-web-api': 'npm:angular-in-memory-web-api/bundles/in-memory-web-api.umd.js'
    },
    // packages tells the System loader how to load when no filename and/or no extension
    packages: {
      app: {
        // index.html import path
        // Error: (SystemJS) XHR error (404 Not Found) loading http://localhost:3000/app/dist/main.js(…)
        // app: 'app/dist',  &&  main: './main.js',
        main: './dist/main.js',
        defaultExtension: 'js'
      },
      rxjs: {
        defaultExtension: 'js'
      }
    }
  });
})(this);