ember build error: the code generator has deoptimised the styling of as it exceeds the max of 100KB

I am new to ember app and trying incredibly hard to scale the learning curve. I have been at it since the last 6 months, have learnt a lot and a lot remains still.

Recently, while trying to configure the app to include bootstrap, something broke. I have been trying since the last 3 days to figure out what went wrong, I was hoping that someone from the community might be able to help me understand things a little better.

I have looked over other stackoverflow discussions, but still haven't resolved the issue relevant to my specific case.

Other discussions with similar problem: Discussion # 1

Discussion # 2

Discussion # 3

Problem: 1. the ember build process completes with warnings and culminates with a corrupt output file that throws a Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token on the chromium client, which prevents the app to load.

Symptoms: 1. "After bower install bootstrap --save and necessary app.import(...) commands, the ember build process threw a couple of warnings [BABEL]: the code generator has deoptimised the styling of bower_components/bootsrap/....../jquery.js as it exceeds the max of 100KB, followed with a 129 JSHint errors.

first few lines of JSHint Errors:

bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 8, col 1, 'module' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 18, col 12, 'require' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 19, col 14, 'require' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 20, col 32, 'require' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 21, col 25, 'require' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 28, col 26, 'require' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 29, col 32, 'require' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 434, col 3, 'require' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 435, col 3, 'require' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 23, col 30, '__dirname' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 395, col 18, 'process' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 441, col 13, 'process' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 441, col 38, 'process' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 452, col 7, 'process' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 458, col 24, 'process' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 462, col 14, 'process' is not defined. bower_components/bootstrap/Gruntfile.js: line 466, col 24, 'process' is not defined 17 errors bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js: line 8, col 61, Missing semicolon. bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js: line 13, col 53, Missing semicolon. bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js: line 14, col 59, Expected '===' and instead saw '=='. bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js: line 14, col 78, Expected '===' and instead saw '=='. bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js: line 15, col 113, Missing semicolon. bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js: line 17, col 9, Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js: line 35, col 49, Missing semicolon. bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js: line 42, col 6, Missing semicolon.

and similar errors pointing to files in the 'bootstrap' folder (which does not exist) and the 'jquery' folder in bower_components

2. reverting back to configuration without bootstrap did not resolve the issue, the build process throws the same errors even though no 'bootstrap' folder exists in the "bower_components" folder

3. ember-cli-build.js

``

/*jshint node:true*/
/* global require, module */
 var EmberApp = require('ember-cli/lib/broccoli/ember-app');

 module.exports = function(defaults) {
   var app = new EmberApp(defaults, {
     // Add options here
   });                                                                                                                                              

   // Use app.import to add additional libraries to the generated
   // output files.
   //
   // If you need to use different assets in different
   // environments, specify an object as the first parameter. That
   // object's keys should be the environment name and the values
   // should be the asset to use in that environment.
   //
   // If the library that you are including contains AMD or ES6
   // modules that you would like to import into your application
   // please specify an object with the list of modules as keys
   // along with the exports of each module as its value.

 //      app.import('bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css');
 //      app.import('bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap-theme.css');
 //      app.import('bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js');
     return app.toTree();
 };

``

4. bower.json

   {
"name": "ember-client", "dependencies": { "ember": "~2.10.0", "ember-cli-shims": "0.1.3", "jquery": "^3.2.1" } }

5. package.json

   {
"name": "ember-client", "version": "0.0.0", "description": "Small description for ember-client goes here", "license": "MIT", "author": "", "directories": { "doc": "doc", "test": "tests" }, "repository": "", "scripts": { "build": "ember build", "start": "ember server", "test": "ember test" }, "devDependencies": { "broccoli-asset-rev": "^2.4.5", "ember-ajax": "^2.4.1", "ember-cli": "2.10.0", "ember-cli-app-version": "^2.0.0", "ember-cli-babel": "^5.1.7", "ember-cli-dependency-checker": "^1.3.0", "ember-cli-htmlbars": "^1.0.10", "ember-cli-htmlbars-inline-precompile": "^0.3.3", "ember-cli-inject-live-reload": "^1.4.1", "ember-cli-jshint": "^2.0.1", "ember-cli-qunit": "^3.0.1", "ember-cli-release": "^0.2.9", "ember-cli-sri": "^2.1.0", "ember-cli-test-loader": "^1.1.0", "ember-cli-uglify": "^1.2.0", "ember-data": "^2.10.0", "ember-export-application-global": "^1.0.5", "ember-load-initializers": "^0.5.1", "ember-resolver": "^2.0.3", "ember-simple-auth": "1.2.0", "ember-welcome-page": "^1.0.3", "loader.js": "^4.0.10" }, "engines": { "node": ">= 0.12.0" }, "private": true, "dependencies": { "ember-ajax": "2.5.6" } }

Resultant Error in file ember-client.js (compiled output of ember build in dist folder) Deep within the file is buried one line #!/usr/bin/env node that causes the issue on the client

    grunt.log.writeln('File ' + rawFilesJs.cyan + ' created.');
    };
  });

  #!/usr/bin/env node 

  define('ember-client/bower_components/bootstrap/grunt/change-version', ['exports'], function (exports) {
    'use strict';

    /* globals Set */
    /*!

Quick Fix: 1. the uncaught syntax error exists in the compiled js file (ember-client.js) in the dist folder, removing the syntax error (highlighted in the code below) fixes the 'uncaught syntax error' issue so the app can load successfully in the browser.

Question: a) why is this happening? b) how do I permanently fix this issue without having to edit the compiled file manually every time I build the app?

I've tried to provide as much information as I thought would be necessary to summarize the issue, please let me know if you need any more details from me to get to the root of the issue.