Webpackmiddleware - SyntaxError: Use of const in strict mode

[Jamie-Clayton]

Following the basic steps for VS 2017 + .net core + SPA + angular 2 in .net core + SPA + Angular 2

CLI
`

dotnet new --install Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaTemplates::*
dotnet new angular

`

Open VS 2017 and the project that was created.
Run the application via F5 and the following exception gets generated against startup.cs on the webpack middleware

app.UseWebpackDevMiddleware(new WebpackDevMiddlewareOptions { HotModuleReplacement = true });

Exception

Exception: Call to Node module failed with error: Webpack dev middleware failed because of an error while loading 'aspnet-webpack'.
Error was: C:\Users\jamie\Documents\SourceCode\spike-angular-on-core\node_modules\webpack\lib\webpack.js:7
const Compiler = require("./Compiler");
^^^^^
SyntaxError: Use of const in strict mode.
at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:73:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:443:25)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
at require (module.js:384:17)
at Object. (C:\Users\jamie\Documents\SourceCode\spike-angular-on-core\node_modules\aspnet-webpack\WebpackDevMiddleware.js:4:15)

From what I can understand of the problem node_modules\webpack\lib\webpack.js is using ES6 definitions while the Typescript behind node_modules\aspnet-webpack\WebpackDevMiddleware.js is using ES2015. How does a developer resolve this?

Environment

Windows 10 Pro 15063.13
VS 2017 Pro.
`

dotnet --version
1.0.2

node --version
v0.12.2

npm --version
2.7.4

`

[SteveSandersonMS]

Your version of Node is too old - please update to a newer version that supports const by default.

[Jamie-Clayton]

@SteveSanderson thanks, looks like the windows path variable was not correctly updated in the node 6 or 7 x64 installation. Nodejs discussion.
After updating the path to the correct location
node -v v6.10.2
The solution then works as expected. Thanks.