Stripping all comments and console.logs with ng build --prod, possible?

Question

I am using MEAN, Angular 2, Node/Express, Angular-CLI and ng build --prod to build my app and I have a travesty of commented out throwaway code and a billion debugging conso

Answer 1

Simply add this window.console.log = function(){}; to `

if (environment.production) {
    enableProdMode();
}`

Answer 2

I have simple fix. Put this code in main.ts

if(env === 'prod') { // assuming you have env variable configured
  // check if window exists, if you render backend window will not be available 
  if(window){
      window.console.log = function(){};
   }
}  

Answer 3

You can use ng lint with --fix flag and no-console rule in tslint configuration file. And hook it to your build call in your package file.

eg.: ... "prebuild": "ng lint --fix", "build": "ng build -prod", ...

and build the app

npm run build

ref: https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/wiki/lint