Angular 2 + Typescript compiler copy html and css files

For an OS independent solution, use copyfiles

npm install copyfiles --save-dev

Then add a script to package.json

"scripts": {
  "html": "copyfiles -u 1 app/**/*.html app/**/*.css dist/"
}

Now npm run html should copy all css and html files from the app/ folder to dist/app/

EDIT: I'd like to amend my answer to point out angular-cli. This command line tooling utility is supported by the angular team and makes bundling a breeze (ng build --prod), among other things.

This approach is provided by Microsoft:-
https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-Node-Starter
Check out the file "copyStaticAssets". None of the solutions above worked for me, so I hope this helps someone like me.

No, the TypeScript compiler is just for *.ts file.

You have to copy other files like *.html and *.css using a copy method like cp shell command inside a npm script or grunt-contrib-copy for example.

Example using npm script:

"scripts": {
  "html": "find ./app -name '*.html' -type f -exec cp --parents {} ./dist \\;"
}

Just run npm run html in the shell.

Example using grunt:

copy: {
      html: {
          src: ['**/*.html'],
          dest: 'dist',
          cwd: 'app',
          expand: true,
      }
}